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Amazon’s Screenlife War of the Worlds Starring Ice Cube Lands 0% on Rotten Tomatoes

Complete critic rejection has not curbed record-breaking streaming demand for the film

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Overview

  • The film unfolds entirely through computer and phone screens, following Ice Cube as a Department of Homeland Security surveillance expert during an alien invasion
  • It has earned a 0% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 15 reviews and sits at 14% on audience metrics
  • Reviewers deride its thin narrative, lo-fi visual effects and overt Amazon product placement as a feature-length advertisement
  • Despite universal panning, it has surged to the top of Prime Video’s streaming charts driven largely by hate-watching
  • A minority of viewers defend Ice Cube and Eva Longoria’s performances and commend the story’s emotional stakes