This sinker was a stinker

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2005)

The visual effects definitely get props for being first rate. That is about the only thing that worked for the movie.
The acting stunk, which is unfortunate because I love Dakota Fanning (the little girl). The story was so weak and ill conceived it was pathetic. It drew from the original story aired on radio and had many ideas presented from past war of the worlds media but explained nothing including the original concepts like the blood ground cover and triangular designs and the use of three and it meaning.
Tim Robbins could have easily been not even in the film. I love him as an actor btw. The movie wreaked and will not be included on my summer blockbuster list.
There was little suspense that wasn't clichéd out of the every suspense movie and everything was so predictable. Don't waste your time. See something else.