War of the worlds

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2005)

When i found out that War of the worlds was being re-done i was excited to say the least.......i need not have been. Admitted you they only had H.G.Wells to crib from ( thats me being sarcastic) but did they actually read the book!. If they had been more faithful to the book and brought it up to date this film would have kicked ass.
where was the cylinders crashing to earth, the hoards of martian fighting machines marching across the land destroying all in their path the insipid red weed clogging and absorbing everything around it!! The futile struggle of mans most mighty engines of war against these killers from an other world. Plus the sub-plot of this poor man's struggle to get his children to safety.
My advice is read the book the original or one of it's many re-prints a timeless classic. Even watch the first film it's great. the 2005 film is not and unless it was badly cut by the censors and we get a directors cut later don't bother with it then.