War of the Worlds

About twenty minutes into the film there’s a great sequence where the aliens begin their attack on Earth. Mass chaos erupts as the aliens pop out of the ground and start vaporizing people. It’s awesome. After that the movie goes downhill pretty fast. Tom Cruise plays a single parent who is watching his two kids (a teenage boy and irritating child star Dakota Fanning who spends much of her screentime screaming) for the weekend when all hell breaks loose. Cruise’s character grows closer to his distant children as they try to survive. The aliens do some serious damage. Cruise and the kids almost meet their demise a few times. If you’re at all familiar with the story, you’ll know how it all plays out. Surprisingly, there isn’t much depth to it in this version.

Posted by chuck at July 6, 2005 2:07 AM