Tom Cruise. Steven Spielberg. Enough said.

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2008)

First off, let me just say that I've seen a lot of great performances from Tom Cruise. One of his best came just a year before this film, in Collateral as a classy hit-man. After I saw Collateral, I was convinced that his role as the hit-man was the greatest performance I had ever seen in a movie. In War of the Worlds, he proved me wrong. Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning completely stole the show, as their acting was top-notch. I have never seen such a performance, and this is easily the best in a long time.
The plot in War of the Worlds is very simple, yet Steven Spielberg, being the astounding director that he is, does not take it too far, and delivers an adventurous, action packed, and above all very intense movie that has you on the edge of your seat from the beginning to the very end.
The next thing that deserves loads of recognition is the special effects. All I can say is "could they have been better?" Here it is 2008, and I've only seen maybe just a few movies that exceed it. Lets just say it was totally ahead of its time.
War of the Worlds was an absolute masterpiece, a wonder of a film, one of my all time favorites. Don't listen to any reviews saying this movie is anything below a 10/10, because any review that gives it less than that is garbage.