War of the Worlds (2020)

MGM+ | Release Date: February 16, 2020

5.0	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Ratings

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matbradyMay 20, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Avoid. Instead go with The War Of The Worlds from 2019 set in old England. That version has FAR better writing, acting, character development, effects, better creature design, just better everything. This 2020 version is a train wreck. For a start it's a complete waste of your time. It drags, then teases with these fascinating story arcs, but doesn't follow-up on any of them. Even the whole season is without payoff. Everything opportunity they could have taken to be original, they instead go with something we've seen exactly before (like the alien creatures being a direct rip off of Black Mirror S04E05 (Metalhead)), or else they go in a completely nonsensical direction, like an alien race that wants to wipe out the planet, but somehow wants to mentally connect with two teenagers with zero chemistry to hook up in order to save the... what the absolute **** The story is utter rubbish. It's also rife with characters making stupid decisions, all throughout, to the point where I ended up not liking any of them. There's also some utterly pointless drama concerning incest. Just avoid this piece of **** travesty of a remake. One last point... The whole idea of War of the Worlds is that it puts forward the argument that an alien civilisation could attack us just like we invaded other countries during the age of imperialism. And the only thing that rescues us is something innocuous like bacterial disease that we have built up an immunity to. This 2020 remake takes that and tries to say, "Forget the disease aspect. What if we could fight back, and win?"

Again, if you want to be truly entertained, go watch the 2019 version set in old England. That's worth your time.… Expand

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OlivierPielMay 29, 2021

It's not slow. It's escargot slow! Canal +, the French company behind it, obviously didn't have the budget of a Netflix or Amazon and tries to drag this extremely underwhelming story with silly clichéd characters (for starters white neuroticIt's not slow. It's escargot slow! Canal +, the French company behind it, obviously didn't have the budget of a Netflix or Amazon and tries to drag this extremely underwhelming story with silly clichéd characters (for starters white neurotic female more concerned about getting back at ex-husband than trying to see a point to all this extermination and nihilism). Non-sensical plot: Alien technology wipes out 99.99% of humanity in 1 second but sends Japanese looking dogbots to kill remnants.… Expand

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PeterVenkmanJun 5, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wanted to like it but it started to get terrible a short while in...after you see a civilian that's never handled a gun, take out an alien machine (that's previously killed an entire platoon of troops), using an automatic rifle without harming the guy said machine is on top of, any believability is gone.… Expand

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PablovonPabloJun 8, 2021

This series had the notable distinction of having some of the most ignorantly terrible writing and the absolute worst depiction of humanity I've ever seen outside of a comedy or satire.

The aliens are genocidal and psychotic, this isThis series had the notable distinction of having some of the most ignorantly terrible writing and the absolute worst depiction of humanity I've ever seen outside of a comedy or satire.

The aliens are genocidal and psychotic, this is established very quickly. They're worse than all the worst war criminals humanity has ever made, combined. We aren't supposed to like them or relate to them. However, when one of the aliens tries to kill an old man in his sleep, some humans actually have the bright idea to defend the alien. Seriously. And the other humans are too busy looting and squabbling and whining, or running from easily defeated robot dogs, or falling into obvious traps. I think the aliens might be the heroes of this story. At least they have their stuff together. They take care of their traitors pretty quickly.

The music is good and the acting is mostly good, but God this writing! I hope the series really is cancelled. That would be a win for humanity.… Expand

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minkdMar 5, 2020

Graphic death of a 5 year old is not entertainment. Strongly recommend avoiding this show. Writers think its edgy to kill off characters but it is not. Just cheap, lazy, and inconsiderate. Avoid at all costs.

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respwnDec 21, 2022

The first season was okay to good and left me hoping for more, but the second season destroyed the whole thing, it's that bad. I recommend not starting to watch it, because its an awful feeling to experience the second season.

I don't wantThe first season was okay to good and left me hoping for more, but the second season destroyed the whole thing, it's that bad. I recommend not starting to watch it, because its an awful feeling to experience the second season.

I don't want to spoiler, but the second season removes all of the alien-feel and replaces it with a bad war movie. Also the story pace becomes lightning speed, with story arcs you can't emotionally follow. It's in comparison go the first season utter rubbish. Don't do this to you.… Expand

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