Overview

• Released July 30 on Prime Video, War of the Worlds has earned a rare 0% critics rating and an 11% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
• Variety’s Peter Debruge labeled the film “disastrous” and described it as “a feature-length commercial for all things Amazon.”
• Stars Ice Cube as a Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity analyst and Eva Longoria as co-lead in a screenlife thriller told entirely through device interfaces.
• Despite universal panning, binge-viewing and hate-watching have driven it to the No. 2 spot on Prime Video’s streaming chart.
• The backlash underscores tensions between experimental formats, overt product placement and franchise legacy in today’s streaming ecosystem.