After seeing the incredible Spielberg version of War Of The Worlds I thought the straight to video version might be fun to watch. I had no high expectations (thank God) but still I thought it would be decent to watch...how wrong can one man be?? This utter tripe is one of the worst films I have ever seen.
This particular rendition of War Of The Worlds is the story of family man George Herbert, a doctor of astronomy who sees a mysterious comet in the sky through his sons telescope moments before they leave for the family vacation to Washington DC. Duty calls and he must stay behind to investigate the comet while his family goes on without him. He agrees to meet them the next day. Unfortunately before he even makes it to work the comets come crashing to earth and they turn out to be invaders from another planet. The Alien forces began to exterminate everything in their path. They are destroying Earth. George determined to find his family in the devastation sets out on foot to make his way to D.C. Along the way he joins forces first with a soldier and later a priest who help him in his journey to find his family.
The acting is bad...now bad acting doesn't mean bad movie but we are talking PORN FILM BAD. I kept waiting for the porn to start. C. Thomas Howell might have a fan base and he might not have been the worst but he was bad!! Not nearly as bad as the story line and the graphical special effects. I had to laugh when I saw on the DVD that there was a How did they do that? documentary and I immediately thought....I doubt it was too difficult. Even a bad TV film can come up with better special effects than what they had for this crap. But it wasn't the special effects that ruined it, it was the combination of HORRIBLE acting with HORRIBLE special effects and a crappy story. I don't know how they could ruin a story already fully written and well written but they did it. David Michael Latt should be banned from film making. Stay clear of this one and go see Spielbergs amazing film. 2/10
This particular rendition of War Of The Worlds is the story of family man George Herbert, a doctor of astronomy who sees a mysterious comet in the sky through his sons telescope moments before they leave for the family vacation to Washington DC. Duty calls and he must stay behind to investigate the comet while his family goes on without him. He agrees to meet them the next day. Unfortunately before he even makes it to work the comets come crashing to earth and they turn out to be invaders from another planet. The Alien forces began to exterminate everything in their path. They are destroying Earth. George determined to find his family in the devastation sets out on foot to make his way to D.C. Along the way he joins forces first with a soldier and later a priest who help him in his journey to find his family.
The acting is bad...now bad acting doesn't mean bad movie but we are talking PORN FILM BAD. I kept waiting for the porn to start. C. Thomas Howell might have a fan base and he might not have been the worst but he was bad!! Not nearly as bad as the story line and the graphical special effects. I had to laugh when I saw on the DVD that there was a How did they do that? documentary and I immediately thought....I doubt it was too difficult. Even a bad TV film can come up with better special effects than what they had for this crap. But it wasn't the special effects that ruined it, it was the combination of HORRIBLE acting with HORRIBLE special effects and a crappy story. I don't know how they could ruin a story already fully written and well written but they did it. David Michael Latt should be banned from film making. Stay clear of this one and go see Spielbergs amazing film. 2/10