Directed by Rich Lee and shot exclusively through online calls and POP of surveillance feed, War of the Worlds Centers around the analyst of home terrorism William Radford, played by Ice Cube, who is on a mission to save his family and the country from Cyborg Alieni who died to eat our data. Literally.
At first glance, the three percent evaluation of the film on Rotten Tomatoes – from zero percent when he made his debut – seems impressive and predictable. While getting an evaluation of less than five percent looks like a difficult company, redoing a classic (1953 The War of the Worlds It has 89 percent on rotting tomatoes), it is about to establish some rather high standards. On top of that of setting up an action film through the aim of the meetings of Microsoft Teams and the poor CGI, and you are destined to make sure that even the most tolerant spectator raises his eyes.
But apart from the problems of graphics and authorization (I mean seriously, what was there with all the blurred faces?), The plothole based on technology that bordered on propaganda have removed the message of the film on the importance of human connection. The most scarce examples are the inconsistencies of technological availability after the affamous aliens of data have eliminated the terrestrial satellites. Military weapons, GPS systems for vehicles and interruptions of the Facebook page cause physical and emotional chaos all over the world, but somehow news networks, Satellite Starlink, Feed X and Amazon’s purchase access to only some scenes are unknown later with a poor explanation. Radford’s office is blocked when he tries to leave to save his daughter, but he is somehow open when he has to hack data data in the basement –After The building is placed on an additional block at the air level. More ridiculously, a privileged air drone is able to dodge through apocalyptic levels of destruction and chaos to deliver a thumb for the world to the DHS building.
The shameless promotion of technological brands does not end there. Radford’s daughter, Faith, a biochemist educated in Georgetown, has somehow the brilliant idea of removing a large piece of debris from the leg, causing almost fatal bleeding. Fortunately, Mark Goodman, his Amazon Deliver Driver boyfriend, is able to create a hemostatic lace with the packaging ribbon because, according to him, he is a “professional”. The minor characters are also captured by the “Amazon Savior” motif. When the Amazon Prime Amazon Amazon drone overturns on the road to the DHS building, a homeless person helps to solve it only after being awarded with an Amazon gift card from $ 1,000.
These scenes in War of the Worlds It would have been quite outrageous to be traced to the comedy, if it were not for the increased attention of the film on the surveillance of the government without any mention of the role of the technological industry in all this. From live streaming in anonymous style with the establishment of the United States, to Radford who digitally persecutes his children and the secret project that steals the data that causes aliens to earth, the real enemy is clear: the government of the United States and its technology. In fact, the only time that privacy is threatened as it refers to private companies is when the government interferes with it. For example, Radford USA Guardian, the government surveillance software system, to hack a Tesla and take his daughter wounded in a safer position at a distance. At the beginning of the film, David, the son of Radford, insults his father saying that his career consists of anything but spying on people’s Amazon shopping tanks. Even more important, the program of the secret government Goliath, which is the final reason why the cyborg aliens invaded, cyphons billions of dollars of private data conversations from the American people. There is no mention of technological Juggernaut such as Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk connected to controversial data collection processes, from the failure to protect personal data to the staging of a fully digital coup in the United States government. It is not surprising, considering that it is an Amazon movie, but it still seems an obvious omission.
If I I had To say something nice War of the WorldsLee took a risks that made a beloved thriller through a POV in the foreground. While the risks can repay, this does not. The decision to demonize government surveillance, making sure that the great technology the passive victims in the end water the message of the film, making it more than a spot of almost 90 minutes for brands such as Amazon and Microsoft that Food for Thought. But hey, maybe all this promo means that Amazon Air will finally be available in Washington, DC, at least.
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