Story Line
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
“They're already here.”
Top Cast
Tom Cruise
Ray Ferrier
Dakota Fanning
Rachel Ferrier
Justin Chatwin
Robbie Ferrier
Miranda Otto
Mary-Ann
Tim Robbins
Harlan Ogilvy
Rick Gonzalez
Vincent
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
2005-06-28
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
AdventureThrillerScience Fiction
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User Reviews (4)
Peter McGinn
8/10
•4/5/2020I enjoyed this entry into the HG Wells film library. The special effects are great (to this amateur anyway) and the acting and action more than adequate. Plus it stays near enough to the sci-fi genius of the author to satisfy the fans of the classic ...
JPV852
5/10
•5/9/2020First time seeing this in 15 years and lame plot, annoying characters (both kids got on my nerves) and a protagonist who just runs around, as Tom Cruise does so well, but has zero impact on the end game which was... bacteria. Yeah, this was just as d...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•2/13/2023Sometimes it just pays to leave well alone, and this remake of the 1953 version adds nothing aside from more sophisticated special effects. A vehicle for Tom Cruse, it allows Stephen Spielberg to turn this menacing and thought-provoking sci-fi classi...
Rob
8/10
•6/25/2023An intense, serious and harrowing portrayal of the H.G. Wells classic. Tom Cruise doing an excellent job of not being Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning out acting everyone. It's hard to call this film an enjoyable watch as it's actually emotionally affec...