Typical Spielberg!

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2005)

WOTW has really set the bar for science-fiction movies to date. H.G. Wells would have loved it were he alive today! Working class stiff The Cruiser runs like hell to avoid the nasty n'er-do-well aliens who have apparently been hiding underground for a millenia. They decide to pop up & say hi & Tom, his son & daughter played amply by Justin Chatwin & the show stealing Dakota Fanning, run like the clappers looking for refuge where ever they can find it, & the do with an almost unrecognisable Tim Robbins. Janusz Kaminski's cinematography is as always magnificent by using the cold grey bleach bypass procedure & a lot of hand-held shots to give sense of cold, uncompromising heartless menace by the Tripods breakthrough & oncoming invasion. Fantastic special & visual effects which blend seamlessly with Kaminskis camera work gets 2 thumbs up from me! Enjoy!!