Hour forty of excitement followed by 10 minutes of boredom.

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2005)

Some parts don't connect. (Cruise covers hundreds of miles in a second and with no space ship.) But for action this movie has it. I was on the edge of my seat. Special effects were great. Scene setups and "eye of view" of the camera give a deeper level to the movie. A few technical items don't match. Thanks to the invasion everything electronic stops working, except for one video camera. Some things to watch for..tributes to great movies. One example. Cruise stands on a hill with the glow of red behind him = Gone With The Wind. If you are fan of the original War of the Worlds from 1953 look for Gene Barry and Ann Robinson in the final scene. All in all this is a good movie, not a great film. Absolutely do not take a child under 10 to this movie. It may be very terrifying to a younger child.