Most of the elements are in 'The Tomorrow War' for a decent film

Fri, Jul 9th 2021, 01:02 PM

"The Tomorrow War"(Rated PG-13)

Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Sam Richardson
Genre: Sci-fi/Action-Adventure
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Dwight’s Rating:
Aliens, again!
And they’re invading Earth, again, as usual.
Plus, we’re time traveling, again! To the future, where some stupendously hideous, man-eating creatures have laid waste to the planet, and where humans are on the verge of extinction, as usual.
Sounds familiar, again!
The new sci-fi flick “The Tomorrow War” retreads some well-worn ground.
However, a likable cast keeps it from feeling entirely like the pieced-together photocopy of several different genre-defining films it actually is.
We learn that in 2022, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrives from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: 30 years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species.
There’s a lot going on here. In addition to the aliens and a nerdy time travel wormhole thing, we’ve got some family drama (the ever-popular “crazy dad abandoned the family years ago” issue), along with alien genetic material and toxins science lessons. There’re also some not-so-subtle jabs about the dangers of climate change and global warming.

Cast: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Sam Richardson

Genre: Sci-fi/Action-Adventure

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

Dwight’s Rating:

Aliens, again!

And they’re invading Earth, again, as usual.

Plus, we’re time traveling, again! To the future, where some stupendously hideous, man-eating creatures have laid waste to the planet, and where humans are on the verge of extinction, as usual.

Sounds familiar, again!

The new sci-fi flick “The Tomorrow War” retreads some well-worn ground.

However, a likable cast keeps it from feeling entirely like the pieced-together photocopy of several different genre-defining films it actually is.

We learn that in 2022, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrives from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: 30 years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species.

There’s a lot going on here. In addition to the aliens and a nerdy time travel wormhole thing, we’ve got some family drama (the ever-popular “crazy dad abandoned the family years ago” issue), along with alien genetic material and toxins science lessons. There’re also some not-so-subtle jabs about the dangers of climate change and global warming.

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