Topline
The new film “War of the Worlds” by Ice Cube is the No. 1 film in Amazon Prime Video-but it is viral for the wrong reasons and with brutal ridicule of users and critics who have described it as “tragic” and “cheap”, with a rare 0% warning point in valuation aggregator tomatoes.
Ice Cube Stars in critically planned “War of Worlds”. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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Key facts
Rapper actor Ice Cube plays in a new adaptation of the HG Wells novel “War of the Worlds” from 1898 in Amazon Prime Video, in which he plays a computer security agent of the Ministry of Homeland Security that fights with an extraterrestrial invasion.
The film is a modern remake of the centuries -old novel, and it is fully told by the perspective From computer screens as a sign interact with each other via video calls.
“War of the Worlds” will be film No. 1 on the streaming platform from Wednesday – but the film was generally adopted by critics and audiences and achieved a 0% critic. Lazy tomatoes And a dark 17% audience assessment.
The film was shot by Rich Lee Rich Lee, the first feature film, who previously made music videos for artists like Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish and Eminem.
What do critics say about “War of the Worlds”?
diversity The critic Peter Debruge made the film as a “cheap -looking thriller” and criticized Ice Cube's performance. He claims that he has “two expressions: a dormant dark and nuclear overreaction”, which nobody will convince him as a state security representative. The Daily Telegraph Critical Ed Power said that the film was “one of the most tragic things brought to the screen” and explains that “all the fun of an epic story of the invasion of extraterrestrial levels looks like”. “Nobody tried. None,” said Korey Coleman, a lazy tomato-suited film critic who operates the Double -roasted podcastcriticize the graphics and the way the film was fully told about computer screens. Rotten tomato-related critics Austin Burke “War of the Worlds” is “in the discussion on the worst film of the decade”, which criticizes the CGI and realizes that the film is unintentionally fun. Some critics said the film had an excessive product placement for Amazon. Power said in one scene, one character says: “I have to give up an official order from Amazon to activate the drone”, and an Amazon delivery driver saves the day.
How do social media users react to “War of Worlds”?
The film has become viral on social media, especially because users have made fun of it. The popular YouTube creator Penguinz0, who has 17 million subscribers, criticized “War of the Worlds” in one video With the title “This is actually the worst film I've ever seen,” she collected 3.5 million calls. He said the film was an “insult to the entire medium, which is about making films” and “a large ad for Amazon”. One User on x The film describes the “funny terrible” and attached a clip of the scene, which was planned by many reviewers in which an Amazon delivery driver Ice Cube sends a thumb that it needs. Other clips have become viral on social media that make fun of ice cubes Expressions through The film.
Key background
“War of the Worlds” began production in 2020, Deprived period reportedAlthough it is unclear why the film was only released five years later. The film was produced by Timur Bekmambetov, who led other films that take place entirely on computer screens such as “search” and “unfriended”, although these films were better reviewed by critics. Bekmambetov told Deadline The film was said about screens that it should give the original novel a modern touch, so that the audience can “ask themselves: If extraterrestrials penetrate today, how would we experience it?
tangent
Wells' Roman was previously adjusted for the film to have a lot more success. In 2005 Steven Spielberg headed a film “War of the Worlds” with Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, which achieved a score of 76% for Rotten tomatoes and three nominations for Oscar Prize. The version of Spielberg has 604 million US Fourth highest Gau Film of this year. A film adaptation from 1953 entitled “The War of the Worlds” won the Oscar for the best visual effects and deserved nominations for processing and sound recording.