Ice Cube's ‘War of the Worlds' Film Has a 0% Rating on ‘Rotten Tomatoes' & Cube's Son Is Weighing In
One review in particular, from Variety's Peter Debruge knocked the film for essentially doubling as a commercial for Amazon, writing, 'Even with a Prime subscription, you have to sit through two minutes of ads to watch 90 more of what amounts to a feature-length commercial for all things Amazon,' while another from The Telegraph's Ed Power wasn't really into all the screen time Cube got, saying, 'It is silly, shoddy and features far too much of rapper-turned-leading man Ice Cube staring at a computer screen while looking as if he's working through a reasonably urgent digestive ailment.'
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An adaptation of H. G. Wells' classic 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, this version is an Amazon Prime production directed by Rich Lee and also starring Eva Longoria. Cube plays Will Radford, a surveillance expert at the Department of Homeland Security, and most of the movie takes place on his computer screen as he deals with a hacker and an alien invasion while trying to keep his family out of harm's way.
The synopsis on Prime Video reads as follows: 'A gargantuan invasion is coming with this fresh take on the legendary novel of the same name. Renowned actress Eva Longoria is joined by iconic rapper and actor Ice Cube, along with Michael O'Neill and Iman Benson, for a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure that is filled with present-day themes of technology, surveillance, and privacy.'
Cube's son, actor O'Shea Jackson Jr., replied to a tweet on X of a video clip from the movie in which an Amazon Prime delivery person tells Cube's character to cop a USB from Amazon, so he can deliver it via Prime Air with a drone. 'I truly can't believe this adaptation of War Of The Worlds is actually a real film with a real budget and Ice Cube is actually in it,' a fan posted, with Jackson replying that the movie was 'Shot during the pandemic. Released 5 years later.'
Billboard has reached out to Ice Cube's team for comment.
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