Now, Prime Video’s noxious new movie adaptation of the story, starring Ice Cube, has got me feeling unwells. It’s easily one of the worst films of the decade — a war on our will to live. E.T. Extra-Terrible. The Search for Schlock.

War of the Worlds' may have a zero-percent Rotten Tomatoes score, but it's secured itself a place in Amazon's top streaming charts.

The 2025 movie adaptation of the hit alien-invasion novel, "War of the Worlds" takes place in the present-day digital landscape with Ice Cube leading the cast in his role as Will Radford, a top cyber-security analyst for Homeland Security.