War of the Worlds (2005 movie)

Directed by: Steven Speilberg
Released: 2005 
Country: United States

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Thriller, Drama

Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins

Rating: 3 out of 5

Review

Strangely, the last four movies that I've seen are all sci-fi movies. And all of them are Sci-Fi action films. But, however strange that is, let me start reviewing the film War of the Worlds, loosely based on the novel The War of the Worlds, and directed by the famous film director Steven Speilberg.

This is just another disaster film. And it's story is about an alien invasion. Let's tell the basic story in a short way: these aliens have prepared for many, many years, to attack and invade the Earth, and now they've finally started attacking, driving a very strange-looking machine named walker. Explosions after explosions, lightnings after lightnings, deaths after deaths are being caused by these aliens.

Now, Ray (played by Tom Cruise), in the midst of these disasters, has to take his two children, Rachel (played by Dakota Fanning) and Robbie (played by Justin Chatwin) to Boston, where their mother, Mary Ann (Miranda Otto) is living.

Of course, you realize that they have to face lots of dangers, and troubles on their way. That's natural in disaster movies. 

The two children, Rachel and Robbie are both very interesting characters. Robbie, the older child, is a young teenagers and is ambitious to fight against the aliens. Rachel, the younger girl, is claustrophobic and gets frightened and starts screaming terrifyingly. They are played excellently by Justin Chatwin and Dakota Fanning.

Ray, played by Tom Cruise, is initially a careless character, but later gets very heroic to protect his two children. Cruise gives quite excellent performance. Tim Robbins is okay in his supporting role as Harlan Ogilvy, who initially helps Ray and Rachel but later suffers from a mental breakdown.

Well, the visual effects were excellent. The story was presented in a good way. I wasn't touched by the movie, and only the last scenes made me smile a bit, but I didn't find this film touching. However, the story was okay.

Overall, this film was entertaining to watch, but not touching. It is worth watching for it's good story, excellent cast, and visual effects. Everyone should see this film. But overall, it was just an entertaining movie to watch and I didn't think it was something great.

3 out of 5.