War of the Worlds 2005

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Based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez.
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself, it's inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo..
Contents: War of the worlds.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Meh submitted by johnsoem on August 15, 2011, 9:26pm I wanted to love this movie, particularly with it's incredible production value and great acting talent, but it is anti-climactic and boring. Also, Dakota Fanning and her precociousness is obnoxious. Such great potential wasted.

Suspenseful submitted by crazypockets on August 11, 2013, 1:44pm I thought this movie was ok, but mostly because of the suspense involved. They did a really good job of making the aliens extremely scary. But other than that, I agree with johnsoem that Dakota Fanning was really annoying. Not a terrible movie, but yeah, it had more potential than actual achievement.

Okay submitted by beeniepie on August 11, 2013, 3:19pm This film was ok. It had potential to be great given the director, production and actors, but the pacing was off, along with an anti-climatic ending.

Decent. Nice special effects. submitted by tbbrown76 on August 2, 2014, 9:40pm Tom and Dakota are pretty good.

A failed invasion submitted by leenajong on August 16, 2015, 9:22pm I expected more from this movie, but I guess the producers wanted to the audiences to connect with what a human family would go through an alien invasion. Fail.