I've long been a fan of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi novel "The War of the Worlds", having gone so far as to visit Horsell Common where it begins, but it's fair to say that its adaptations almost all fall far short (excluding Jeff Wayne's fantastic musical). But still, as a fan, I felt compelled to watch the new version, which was secretly dropped on Prime Video on Wednesday, July 30 (though it wasn't made by them, as Universal was behind it).
This movie, called just War of the Worlds, stars Ice Cube as a guy sitting in front of his computer; the movie was produced by the same person who made Searching and like that movie, almost all the story is told through a guy's computer screen as he goes on video calls, watches social media footage and does his job. The movie's 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes tells you just how well that works.
