Rating: PG13
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 09/23/2008
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DS/DD2
Run Time: 153 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Profanity, Sci-Fi Violence
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from
War of the Worlds,
Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director
Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer
Dean Devlin present a visually slick, fast-paced adventure filled with expensive special effects and large-scale action sequences. The story begins with the approach of a series of massive spaceships, which many on Earth greet with open arms, looking forward to the first contact with alien life. Unfortunately, these extraterrestrials have not come in peace, and they unleash powerful weapons that destroy most of the world's major cities. Thrown into chaos, the survivors struggle to band together and put up a last-ditch resistance in order to save the human race. As this is a Hollywood film, this effort is led by a group of scrappy Americans, including a computer genius who had foreseen the alien's evil intent (
Jeff Goldblum), a hot-shot jet pilot (
Will Smith), and the President of the United States (
Bill Pullman). While some critics objected to the film's lack of originality and lapses in logic, the combination of grand visual spectacle and crowd-pleasing storytelling proved irresistible to audiences, resulting in an international smash hit.
~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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An Updated War of the Worlds.
Roland Emmerich, who directed Stargate, now brings you a science-fiction action-packed adventure sort of an updated version of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Will Smith leads an all-star cast in the telling of how a fleet of gigantic alien spaceships suddenly appear over various cities, ready to destroy all human existence on Earth, thus, causing the entire world population to unite in fighting against the alien invasion. Also starring Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Adam Baldwin, Brent Spiner, Vivica A. Fox, Harry Connick, Jr., Ross Bagley, Lisa Jakub, Mae Whitman, Robert Pine, and Frank Novak. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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