Fans were hoping for an epic alien showdown, but instead, the latest War of the Worlds movie is being seen as a cinematic catastrophe.
Despite having big names like Ice Cube and Eva Longoria in the credits, the latest adaptation of H.G. Wells’ science fiction novel was not the masterpiece viewers were hoping for.
“I’m not sure what possessed me to watch this (Ice Cube fandom, probably) but a 90 minute waterboarding session would be preferential to a second watching of it,” one commented online.
- The latest ‘War of the Worlds’ was released on Prime Video on July 30.
- It didn’t take long for critics to slam the Rich Lee-directed movie, starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria.
- Austin Burke, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, quipped that the film was “in the discussion for worst movie of the decade so far.”
- Some called the movie “one big ad for Amazon” due to the product placements.
The latestWar of the Worldsmovie is being seen as a cinematic catastrophe
Ice Cube wearing sunglasses and cap, smiling while discussing War of the Worlds meme frenzy and 0% Rotten Tomatoes score.
War of the Worlds debuted on Prime Video as the modern-day adaptation of the 1898 novel with the same title.
It didn’t take long for critics to slam the Rich Lee-directed movie , starring Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Andrea Savage, Henry Hunter Hall, Iman Benson, Devon Bostick and Michael O’Neill.
Close-up of Ice Cube wearing glasses in War of the Worlds movie poster with a dark-themed background.
Much of the movie takes place on the computer screen of Will Radford (played by Ice Cube), who is a top cyber-security analyst at the Department of Homeland Security.
Will is dealing with a hacker and an alien invasion , all while trying to protect his family.
Much of the movie unfolds on the screen of character Will Radford, played by Ice Cube
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Viewers get to see a lot of Ice Cube grimacing and screaming at his computer screen as he sits in his mostly empty office.
“Ice cube literally watches the entire world get mass m***ered by aliens in this movie, but the only time he shows any emotion is when his Facebook account gets deleted,” one joked online. “I am not kidding.”
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As he obsessively stares at his computer, the character chides his pregnant daughter (played by Iman Benson) for her eating habits. He also has conversations with his son (played by Henry Hunter Hall) and tells him not to spend all his time playing video games.
War of the Worlds was slapped with a rare 0% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
It has so far received an IMDb rating of 2.9/10.
“The only time he shows any emotion is when his facebook account gets deleted,” one joked online about Ice Cube’s performance
Close-up of Ice Cube wearing glasses, with a serious expression, related to War Of The Worlds movie review score.
Screenshot of an MS Teams call notification during Ice Cube’s War of the Worlds causing work anxiety and meme frenzy.
The entire Ice Cube War of the Worlds movie is shot and paced exactly like this like it just is this but with Ice Cube and Aliens pic.twitter.com/GdlPFoTLfr — Yup (@Lobopobia) August 7, 2025
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