A great remake. But it also has one flaw.

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2008)

Steven Spielberg brings the world of ILM to H.G. Wells' classic science fiction novel about invaders from Mars. But in this one, according to Spielberg, the aliens don't come from Mars. "They probably come from where E.T. comes from," says Spielberg, "only, they come from a much darker part of the universe." Which reminds me: what a great stretch for Spielberg from making benevolent alien movies to a malevolent alien movie.
Anywho, the film is about a divorced man (Tom Cruise) who tries to save his family from the alien invaders who want to annihilate all life on earth.
I liked this movie. I thought it was a great remake, it certainly served up some good scares. But, it did have one flaw: Tim Robbins' character. I didn't quite get his character. He was just way too weird. But that's about it. All in all, it's very good. But, it's just a shame that it was surrounded by the curse of Scientology. Maybe it would've done better without it.