War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds

2025

1h 29m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.

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Critics Consensus

Stranding Ice Cube in an inept screensaver with wall-to-wall product placement, War of the Worlds will make audiences consider giving peace a chance instead.

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Audience Says

To some, War of the Worlds is a branded empty package; to others, it’s a sci-fi guilty pleasure treasure that proves the old adage right.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

Aug 28

1/5

The plot is ludicrous, the filmmaking sloppy, the performances disconnected. It’s a true desktop disaster.

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CT Jones

Rolling Stone

Aug 12

Don't let the noise fool you. This corporation-coddling remake is so unparseable you'll actively wish it were worse -- or just over.

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Johnny Oleksinski

New York Post

Aug 11

0/4

The screenplay by Kenny Golde and Marc Hyman gets overcomplicated because they’re desperately reaching for something to spice up Ice Cube staring at a computer at his desk.

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Chase Hutchinson

The Inlander (Spokane, WA)

Jan 8

Where other films built around screens like Searching and Missing were able to make what could be a bit of gimmick work, War of the Worlds is just a dull disaster from start to finish.

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Clement Tyler Obropta

Film Inquiry

Oct 8

War of the Worlds attempts to boldly adapt H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic for the modern age, the way that your digestive system boldly adapts a five-course dinner into excrement.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Sep 10

1/5

This was painful. It was boring, had terrible graphics and performances, and felt overlong despite being less than an hour and a half.

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ANTONY GABRIEL A

@RT96155253 2d

Lamentable lo de esta "pseudopelicula" intentan ser una pelicula de ciencia ficción, pero la trama y el desarrollo de los personajes estan absrdamente descuidadada, especialmente lo de Ice Cube, ya que su personaje no se despega de la oficina del gobierno y no hace nada solo da ordenes desde donde está. Sin emoción sin acción, simplemente una tremenda basura. Merecidisimo los Razzies 2026

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Rowan P

@RT58184787 3d

Calling this a 'film' is an insult to the medium. It is without a doubt the worst movie of the decade, if not the century. The visuals are so abysmal it looks worse than an amateur indie project shot by a middle schooler

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Seth F

@RT94945584 4d

This has to be one of the most putrid steaming piles of poop that has ever been plopped out of the human brain. This horrific visual experience gave me testicular cancer which in turn caused my wiener to fall off, this so called "film" ruined my life. If I had one thing to say to the group of people behind this dirty diaper I’d say "f*ck you" I’ve lost everything because of this. Ice Cube’s line delivery feels like an AI deep fake. All the acting and visuals in this are laughably awful it’s almost as if I’m watching a never ending YouTube short. I’ll never understand what went through their minds that made them think this would be a good idea. And the plot is brain dead aliens eat our data like wtf. I fear we humans are devolving, please don’t waste your time stay as far away as possible please!

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Yeiden N

@RT90722100 6d

it made no sense and it was a hard watch only people that like it are sci-fi fanatics and the people who wrote it and my mom cause makes no sense like I said and trying to add ice cube wont make the movie better and the plot was so predictable

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Sam A

@RT78318624 6d

What were they thinking

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Ryan F.

@RyanPF Mar 14

The movie was fun to watch. I would likely watch it again. It had a different style of directing, filming & editing. It was decent for a movie made during COVID.

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Synopsis

A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.

Director: Rich Lee
Producer: Patrick Aiello, Timur Bekmambetov
Screenwriter: Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman, H.G. Wells, Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Bazelevs, Patrick Aiello Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2025
Runtime: 1h 29m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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