Saw the DVD

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2005)

I enjoyed the first half of the film. It was great seeing the Americans being crushed by the aliens. Of course, it was H.G. Wells' intention to show the dark side of the British empire which crushed and humiliated indigenous people.
The rest of the movie was a disappointment. Tom Cruise had to be the obligatory hero and single-handed destroy a war machine. The American soldier were too clean and scrubbed for survivors. H G Wells wrote a fine novel. At its end, the beaten humans await their annihilation, but are saved by germs. Cosmic irony.
This movie is deeply flawed because it lacks artistic integrity.