Exciting Up To Its Third Act

Rating: Null/10 (24 March 2006)

WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) **** Similar to 'Independence Day' and 'Armaggedon', 'War of the Worlds' keeps the audience entertained by sustaining the intensity of alien-bound killing machines inflicting chaos on the human race through its complete running time. We follow a particular American worker (Tom Cruise) as he escapes to a safer area along with his two children (Justin Chatwin and Dakota Fanning). An interesting film in that it focuses wholly on the titled event without character developments or secondary storyline, save the introduction. Steven Spielberg spent countless, energy-straining hours putting this picture into production; he scores a commendable directorial here. Things get somewhat tiresome in its third act, but the excitement up to that point makes up for it.