War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds

I'm usually a fan of Tom Cruise movies because he's an excellent actor, but he really should've stayed away from this movie when he got the script. Cruise played basically a New York scumbag who isn't much of a father-figure, either. Most of the movie is screaming, running, and special effects. Not a lot of quality acting.
Another thing about this is the dicey plot. It started out cool enough...aliens come from cool-looking clouds, get these big machines, and start turning humans into dust with cool lazers. That's what I'm talking about! Maybe it will keep this kind of excitement up!

No.

Tom Cruise rounds up his kids and they run. They run and they run. Dakota screams. They run some more. Son runs off. Dakota screams. They run. They get caught. Tom Cruise saves the day! They run. Viruses attack! They run. Son back from the dead! They hug.

Big waste of time and a major disappointment. Only thing that saves face with this movie are the awesome special effects and the awesome alien lazers.