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War Of The Worlds
2005
While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic. Read more
| Starring | Tom Cruise, Justin Chatwin, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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War Of The Worlds
While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic.
| Starring | Tom Cruise, Justin Chatwin, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto |
|---|---|
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Nov 2005 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Paranoid science-fiction that plays on current fears of terrorism and surprise attacks, of lethal destruction from shadowy enemies; it begins brilliantly but cannot sustain its opening, visceral sense of menace and terror.
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Given the clampdown on timely press screenings and its star's assorted diversionary tactics, you'd suspect 'War of... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful member's review
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91 out of 128 people found this review helpful
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Terrible
If you can get over Tom Cruise being cast as a working class dockworker with a 16 year old then you might be able to turn a blind eye to what, upon reflection, is a poor effort from Speilberg. Shunted forward to fill the schedules of him and Cruise, whilst Indiana Jones 4 and MI:3 were delayed, it was shot in 72 days with ten weeks pre-production work and it shows. Take out the CGI and I don't really believe this film has anything to other over the likes of The Day After Tomorrow or possibly even Armageddon. Speilberg said that this is the most realistic film that he's ever shot, yet it has gaping holes running through it. Given that Speilberg hasn't produced a really good film since Schindler's List I think his Abraham Lincoln biopic may be his last shot at a good film because on his blockbusters I think he's lost it and they were his strength. There's so much that could be ripped apart in this film and I'm aware that I may be over-critical but the more I think about it the more that this film sucks, and I'm not putting an extra bonus point on just for the CGI.
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Most recent members' review
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7 out of 10 people found this review helpful
boring
You start to wish for the kids and cruise to be killed by the aliens.
Not a patch on the original.
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Fanning linked to Wizard of Oz sequel
- 24 Aug 2009
Dakota Fanning is tipped to star in a sequel to The Wizard Of Oz, according to reports. The 15 year old star of Charlotte's Web and War of the Worlds is set to take the lead in a follow-up to the classic 1939 movie that shot Judy Garland to fame. The film's producer, Basil Iwanyk, says, "It will be set in the present day and feature Dorothy's granddaughter." The original film - based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - won a number of awards including the... Read more
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War Of The Worlds
While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic....
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