Overview

• The adaptation unfolds entirely through computer and phone screens as Ice Cube’s DHS surveillance expert witnesses an alien invasion in real time.
• Shot remotely in 2020, the film was held by Universal until its global release on Amazon Prime Video on July 30.
• Critics have derided its thin narrative and overt product placement, initially awarding it a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score that has only just ticked up to 4%, while audience approval sits near 14%.
• Despite universal panning, the movie has climbed to the No. 1 spot on Prime Video’s streaming charts, fueled by viewers tuning in for mockery.
• Social media users have lampooned scenes where Prime Air drones intervene and an Amazon-delivered thumb drive resolves the crisis, and O’Shea Jackson Jr. highlighted the film’s five-year delay.