Incredible.

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2005)

Wow. That's all that I can say right now. Wow. This is one great sci-fi movie.
Going into the theater I was scared half to death of this movie, ready to sprint out of the theater, but man was I wrong about this. This movie is by far the best movie ever. Ever.
It starts out focused on Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) who is a New York dock worker, and a divorced dad. His ex (Miranda Otto) needs him to take care of their kids for the weekend so she can spend time with her fiancée. Ray and his two kids Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel (Dakota Fanning) don't know each other very well, and Robbie steals Ray's car.
Soon, however intense lightning strikes twenty six times outside of Ray's house, and Ray runs out to a square near his house where many have gathered, and then the tri-pod appears, zapping everyone in sight.
Ray and his kids flee, and try to get on a ferry, which another tri-pod attacks, killing many more people. Robbie supposedly dies in an explosion, and Ray and Rachel take shelter in a basement. They are soon captured by a tri-pod, but Ray pants live grenades inside it, and they are freed. By now, many tri-pods have broken down due to viruses and bacteria. Ray and Rachel get to his ex's house, and, as it turns out, Robbie is alive. The movie ends on a bittersweet note of survival and loss. This is definitely Spielberg's best.