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WAR OF THE WORLDS Zero Stars

Zero Stars. Running time: 91 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some sci-fi action/violence, strong language and bloody images). On Prime Video.

“The War of the Worlds” is a seminal 1898 Martian-attack novel by H.G. Wells.

And in 1938, it was turned into a national-panic-inducing radio broadcast by Orson Welles.

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.

How has what should’ve been a standard-issue space-invader explosion fest turned into a brainless corporate HR instructional video?

Step aboard the time machine.

Director Rich Lee’s repellent film was shot way back

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