An ordinary man has to protect his children against alien invaders in this science fiction thriller, adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a divorced father living in New Jersey, and is estranged from his two children Rachel and Robbie (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin), of whom he has custody on weekends. On one such visitation, looking after the kids becomes a little more difficult when, after a series of strange lighting storms hit his neighborhood, Ray discovers that a fleet of death-ray robotic spaceships have emerged nearby, part of the first wave of an all-out alien invasion of the Earth. Transporting his children from New York to Boston in an attempt to find safety at his ex-wife's parents house, Ray must learn to become the protector and provider he never was in marriage. Steven Spielberg directs.
I'm a big fan of H.G Wells and was excited to see The War of the Worlds, however this film is a "loose adaption" to which my thoughts were "Why? why? why?". Despite having a mini hissy fit, as a film I thought it was pretty damn good but if you look at it as a film based on a book, you'll be dissapointed because "loose" is an understatement. Steven Spielberg is possibly my favourite person in the world and if I met him I would die, so I'm a bit biased to be writing this review so i'll try and find some faults! First fault, having Tom Cruise in front of the camera, his 5ft 7 self needs to find another job and that may sound harsh and I'm not usually mean but I just don't like the guy! So that's all I got as far as faults go, this film is well written and you follow the family the entire way rooting them on and praying they survive, even though its pretty predictable that they will, Dakota Fanning was perfect as the daughter, you couldn't find a better actress to play her. You feel the fear and panic of the characters throughout and it keeps you intrigued the entire time.
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