Release Date
June 29, 2005
DVD Release Date
November 22, 2005 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
117 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images
Next summer, the earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes the motion picture event of the year: Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I don't know what it is about sci-fi when Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise get together, but it works. The two A-list players last teamed up for the critically successful "Minority Report" - which was not especially financially successful - and they're looking to set things right with "War of the Worlds," roughly based on the H.G. Wells classic. Full movie review »