Wednesday 5 July 2023

Tomorrow War (2 Stars)



This is an Amazon original science-fiction film. Chris Pratt plays Dan Forester, who used to be an elite soldier but has now turned pacifist and works as a high school Biology teacher.

America is visited by soldiers from 28 years in the future. They say that the world has been invaded by aliens, and the human race is on the verge of being wiped out. They recruit people from the present day to join the fight in the future. The present day population become disillusioned when very few soldiers return from the future alive.

Dan is opposed to taking part in the war, but he's drafted against his will.

The film is a mess, starting with the premise. Why would people from today want to fight in a war in the future? If most of the Earth's population in the future has been destroyed, what's the use in sending a few thousand people from today? Wouldn't it be better to stay in the present and prepare defences to fight the aliens 28 years from now?

The film has some very good actors, including Chris Pratt, J. K. Simmons and Yvonne Strahovski, but we hardly notice their talent in the middle of the CGI monsters. The film isn't available on disc, which is just as well, because I can't imagine anyone wanting to buy it.

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