A good survival Sci-Fi

Rating: 8/10 (20 October 2017)

Ray gets visited by his two children, who lived with their divorced mother, and, surprising for everyone, strange events start to occur. Dark clouds with serious lightnings which strike in the same place and later, earthquakes and gigantic tripods rising from the ground. An alien invasion is ongoing so he must try to protect his children at all costs.
It's a very dramatic film revolving around a planned alien invasion while the human army proves useless and everybody must fight for survival, or better said, run for survival. Contrary to what I was expecting from a Tom Cruise movie, it focuses on the dramatic survival part rather than fighting for the cause, as I was used to, Ray being on the run most of the time. It isn't a bad thing but it would have been a lot more entertaining. Against all odds, a happy ending is about to happen but unfortunately for me, it isn't compelling at all. Taking the consideration the lack of action, I was expecting a more spectacular finale but, as it turned out, it was the film's disappointment. It's a good movie of its kind, especially if you enjoy this type of survival/drama.