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.

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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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Apr 3

1/10

Building the entire narrative around a man staring at a screen—with a supposed tension that never materializes—ultimately makes the experience profoundly tedious. [Full review in Spanish]

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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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Keriel T.

@kerielflacoboy 3h

A movie with zoom call?, What a movie with boring plot

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Mary F.

@RT70986907 9h

Not only could I have done a better special effects job, I actually *have* done a better job just with my Shorts. What a disaster. Rather epic in its terribleness, which I guess is something.

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راكان ا

@RT45941606 Apr 9

i watched 30mins of this movie and i regret every second i spent on it, the movie was soo bad that i had to make an account and leave a review don't ever think of watching this movie it's soo bad that i left it after 30 mins, i usually watch the whole movie just to give it a chance even if it was not good at the start but this... this was trash from the start to the middle of the movie, they really thought if they got good actors on the movie that it would become good but no matter how many good actors u get this is never gonna erase the bad cgi or story it had, i spent 30 mins watching a movie about someone in video calls.

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Jill O

@RT94971420 Apr 5

omg. what is this garbage and HOW did this make it to actually be a ‘movie’ ai have a headache from the first 2 minutes of watching this 💩

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Max M.

@Househuntermax Apr 3

Quite possibly the worst movie ever made. I just can’t figure out how to give it no stars so there’s one star up there. If you wanna watch a pretty good movie of a similar style, watch ‘Without Warning’ from 1994.

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jonathan P

@RT50387173 Mar 30

This is the worst movie of all time. Terrible Plot, acting and effects. I don't understand why Ice Cube agreed to be in this disaster of a movie.

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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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