Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller.
Written by Majorwest
Some army troops used were from the 29th Division (Maryland Army National Guard), known as "The Blue and the Gray" from their yin-yang looking shoulder patch (visible when the day convoy went by the Ferrier's and the son was getting splashed).
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Goofs
Factual errors:
While Ray and his kids drive to his ex-wife's house you see a swing around shot of the van. The van's back windows are rolled down, when in fact on that model of Dodge van, you can't do that.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator:
No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, *they* observed and studied, the way a man with a microscope might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water... See more »
Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits after the title is shown.
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