It’s got an epic title, a big-name star as its lead and a major studio behind it.

But since it was released on Amazon's Prime Video on July 25, “War of the Worlds" has become an all-time ratings bust.

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The new adaptation of H.G. Wells’ book was ranked as one of the worst films of all time by the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes .

The film stars Ice Cube as Homeland Security surveillance and threat assessment expert Will Radford, who uses government technology to spy on, and later help, his children amid an unfolding alien invasion. Radford is at his desk the entirety of the film, watching events unfold in front of him on a computer screen.

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