| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) |
| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Writer | Josh Friedman, David Koepp, H.G. Wells |
| Lead Actor | Tom Cruise |
| Cast | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi |
| Release Date | June 29, 2005 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 57m(117 min) |
| Budget | $132 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.6/10 |
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WAR OF THE WORLDS Ray Ferrier’s (Tom Cruise) kids, Rachel (Dakota Fanning) and Robbie (Justin Chatwin), arrive to spend the weekend with their dad in New Jersey. Ray’s ex-wife, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto), admonishes him to take care of the children while she heads to Boston with her new husband.
When there are cosmic disturbances, Ray doesn’t react at first. But he pays attention when something plunges to earth nearby. Ray and the kids flee for Boston amidst ensuing chaos when gigantic tripod sci-fi creatures appear.
The creatures have been buried in the earth for millions of years, waiting to be called forth by the arrival of their relatives from outer space. They invade the farmhouse where Ray and Rachel take shelter after Robbie goes off with some soldiers to try to fight the aliens. The house is inhabited by a creepy man named Harlan Ogilvy (Tim Robbins).
Steven Spielberg’s high-concept and expensive remake of the 1953 film based on the original 1898 novel by H.G. Wells is a good watch. Fans will note similarities between Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T.: The Extra-terrestrial (a term H.G. Wells seems to have coined) and Spielberg’s recurring theme of lonely children having to face their difficulties alone or with inadequate parents.
Everyone knows about the 1939 radio broadcast by Orson Welles, which frightened a nation already feeling threatened by the possibility of a world war and invasion by foreigners. Spielberg’s film, co-written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man), has some elements of the Welles radio script but it follows the original novel more closely.
War of the Worlds is strong on special effects but weak on story and character development. The only one we really care about is Rachel, played with feeling and maturity by Dakota Fanning. Intense science fiction violence.
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