War of the Worlds – Prime Video – 1 hour and 29 minutes
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Will Radford logs into his computer at the Department of Homeland Security. He surveils people and their phone calls for potential terrorist threats. One threat is the Disruptor. He is an online vigilante who threatens to expose secrets about a data collection program called Goliath. DHS members reiterate that it doesn’t exist. However, they are hunting the Disruptor because it has breached their firewalls and stolen top-secret information. NASA Specialist Dr. Sandra Salas contacts Will because her team sees several storm clouds. However, they are unaware of its origin. Will has nothing to report but promises to use his systems to listen for any chatter. Also, Will uses his tools to keep an eye on his family. His daughter, Faith, and Faith’s boyfriend, Mark, are pregnant with their first child. Will spies on Faith at a café and scolds her for not eating enough protein. He even looks inside her fridge. Then, Will contacts his son, Dave. He urges Dave to use his degree to get a job and move out. However, Dave says his work is video games. Dave believes Will changed after their mom, Erika, died. Will hangs up and listens to an old recording of Erika’s voice.
Will gets a solid lead on the Disruptor’s location. He obtains an arrest warrant and sends it to FBI Agent Jeffries. They don’t find the Disruptor during the raid, and Will is furious until he sees meteors fall from the sky. He phones Sandra to gather information. Sandra walks up to the meteor and touches it. It’s cold. She doesn’t understand why it didn’t break apart as it entered the Earth’s atmosphere. As they discuss the object, Will receives media notifications that fallen meteors are a worldwide phenomenon. Then, the meteor opens, and a large alien appears. It lets out a horrific noise before destroying buildings. Will calls Faith and finds her hiding in her office. He alerts Mark to Faith’s location before an alien strikes her building. Faith survives the blast but has an object embedded in her leg, and the wound is bleeding heavily. Dave tries to contact Will, but Will focuses his concern on Faith. Dave yells that there is more to the aliens than Will knows. Will doesn’t want to listen to Dave’s conspiracy theories. He must save the world and Faith.
This apocalyptic thriller utilizes powerful screenlife storytelling. It warns about data collection and government surveillance. The introduction gives you a glimpse into Will’s life. He loves his children, but from a distance. He monitors their movements, communication, and heart rate. Then, he sternly suggests improvements. Will works graveyard shifts to ignore the loss of his wife. He loves defending his country from his office. The film has enough suspense to keep the viewers watching with interest. The script isn’t where the picture fell short. The graphics are laughable, and the plot relies on technology that you hear about in spy novels. Successful films in this cult-like genre, including Searching and Missing, use computer skills and software we apply in everyday life. The film uses skills that we theorize the government has at their disposal. It removes the reality of the circumstances and makes the dire situations laughable. War of the Worlds found a proper place on Prime Video, but don’t start a subscription to watch it.
I give it 3 out of 5 stars
Nope. I watch people, not weather – Will
You hacked my fridge – Faith
For someone who spends their life watching, you sure do miss a lot – Dave
Look, he’s grumpy, too – Mark
With this size and shape, they should have shattered – Sandra
Radford, what are the rules of engagement here – Jeffries
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