War of the worlds 2005

War of the worlds (2005)

Plot:

In new york, Mr. Ferrier has to look after his children for the weekend. There is a strange lightning storm, which has silent lightning that strikes only in one place and cuts of all electricity, phones, watches and cars. As people run to the spot where it hit, a huge tripod emerges from the ground, gets out some disintegrator guns and starts destroying the city.

Everybody runs away, but Mr. Ferrier finds a working car. And drives to a house with a basement, during the night a plane crashes in to the house. So they decide to get the boat to boston. As they have one of the only working cars, there is a fight and they lose the car, so they have to walk.

When they finally get to the boat, an alien tripod comes from under the sea, and sinks the boat. They manage to swim to safety, and run for the hills, where the son decides to join the army. The remaining 2 find a house with a man, who is obsessed with trying to kill the aliens. He nearly gets them killed on many occasions, then he goes crazy, and Mr. ferrier decides to kill him.

The aliens find them in the house, and put them in cages that hang full of prisoners. Luckily he throws a grenade inside the tripod, and blows it up, freeing everybody. When he manages to get to boston, he finds aliens dyeing all around him. They find the house and he returns the child, to find that the son has already got home. Bacteria had killed the aliens.

Character

Tom Cruise : Ray Ferrier

Dakota Franning : Rachel Ferrier

Justin Chatwin : Robbie Ferrier

Miranda Otto : Mary Ann Davis

Filming Styles

Quite modern, allot of close ups, and slightly copied story line. There were allot of “edge of your seat” moments. The effects were very good, although the aliens were a little blurry.

Background Research

9/11 is the date when the twin business towers were bombed by commercial aircraft, killing many people. A sleeper cell agent is an undercover terrorist, who stays in a country for years until given orders to commit an act of terrorism. Guantanamo bay is a prison where bad people are trained, the enemy within is knowing that bad things are inside you.