However, I just couldn't get behind Justin Chatwin's performance and the character of Robbie. Dakota Fanning is perfectly cast as Rachel, a pre-teen who is terrified of the apocalyptic world she now lives in. Not to intentionally quote another Cruise movie, but it's really (k)night and day with these kids. Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, father to both Rachel and Robbie. In that regard, the film works most of the time. He gets a few stunts and an action scene or two (because why wouldn't you take advantage of his talent) but it's much more about family than it is about anything else. It only makes up a matter of a few days following the first attack and the immediate aftermath.īecause of that, Cruise is given more to do dramatically than per usual. I think the one thing that separates this film from others is that Tom Cruise or any of the other actors aren't playing characters that fight the aliens, or "tripods" as they call them. There have been so many of these alien invasion films over the years, so it's difficult for any of them to feel fresh and stick out to me. Wells novel of the same name, about a father and his children trying to cope with a global alien invasion. War of the Worlds is loosely based on the H.G. When one of the greatest filmmakers in history makes a science fiction film, which is one of his biggest strengths, you have no choice but to check it out.
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