The phrase used in the War of the Worlds trailer is “It’s more serious than you might believe.” This movie, which can be seen as an Amazon Prime advertisement for a sci-fi film, presents a contemporary adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel. In this version, Ice Cube (known for his role in Friday) portrays a DHS officer working from behind his computer screen, who must save the world as government surveillance program “Goliath” unleashes extraterrestrial beings on Earth following their arrival via meteors.
This year, only two films have received a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Prime Video’s “War of the Worlds” being the second one (following the movie “Alarum” starring Sylvester Stallone). The assessment is based on a limited number of critic reviews.
Film critic Peter Debruge, in his review of the allegedly disastrous disaster movie, remarks that it functions as a prolonged advertisement for everything Amazon. He humorously speculates, “How many viewers will endure this silliness until the scene where the Amazon delivery person becomes the hero and instructs Will to place an order on Amazon to activate the drone?
In a review for Blu-ray.com, Brian Orndorf explains that the screen adaptation of War of the Worlds delves into the sensitive topic of data privacy as the extraterrestrial attack shifts target. This mirrors the story’s critique of American privacy issues. However, he notes that the production lacks depth and its use of real-world sources like Facebook, Fox News, and Joe Rogan, as well as the exploration of conspiracy theories, raises questions about its intended audience during production.
In simpler terms, the movie “War of the Worlds” is widely disliked by viewers. YouTube critic Jeremy Jahns, in his review, bluntly stated that it’s not good. This sentiment is echoed on Metacritic where a score of 1.8 out of 10 means most people really don’t like it. On IMDb, over 6,000 users gave it a weighted rating of 3.3 out of 10. The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes aren’t much better; the low-budget sci-fi film only has a 11% approval rating on the Popcornmeter and an average rating of 1.2 out of 5 stars.
In my perspective, this film isn’t just disappointing – it’s far from it. There are bad movies, and then there are really bad ones. But the latest adaptation of “War of the Worlds” surpasses them all. The invasion is almost an afterthought in this production; it serves as a mere backdrop, rarely capturing our attention for more than a moment. Ice Cube’s character and his video screen dominate the film so much that the actual invasion becomes virtually unwatchable on every level, making for a complete waste of time.
The movie was terribly poor, and it even seems like a prank,” expressed Jasmyn M. Nic G concurred, calling it “the worst film of the century.” Critics lambasted War of the Worlds as “laughably bad,” “the worst movie ever made,” “extremely poor quality,” and “nothing more than an elaborate commercial for Amazon.” Another user regretted that Orson Welles never lived to see this treatment of his cherished 1938 radio drama.
The sci-fi series “War of the Worlds,” featuring Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Iman Benson, Henry Hunter Hall, Devon Bostick, Michael O’Neill, and Andrea Savage, is currently available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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