I'll echo what others have said. This is just a good popcorn flick. It's not particularly smart. It's not groundbreaking. But it has an interesting premise and some fun set pieces, even if it's not that suspenseful, and most of twists and turns are either telegraphed from a mile away, or have just become the norm for films like this.
A word of caution on slamming Amazon over this flick if you didn't like it. Amazon had nothing to do with the production of this film. Paramount and Skydance made it. It was supposed to be released theatrically, but Paramount got cold feet because of COVID. Amazon swept in and picked up the distribution rights. That's it. The "Amazon Original" is only labeled as such because Amazon bought the rights to a finished product. Harp on Amazon if you don't like the way the film was marketed, but not if you think the producers should have made different choices. That's for Paramount.
"The Tomorrow War" is certainly not for kids. It's kinda funny how if we have copious amounts of gore involving humans, a film is easily Rated R, but if the surprisingly extensive gore involves alien critters, then whatevs. It's PG-13. Either way, I'd keep this to the 15+ set. (It has a 16 rating in many other Western countries, although it carries a mere 12 in the UK.)
Overall, I was still more entertained than I expected. Some of the dialogue is pretty pathetic, and plenty of jokes don't really land. But overall, even if the flick is overlong, it moves at a pretty brisk pace, with four main action sequences.
However, I agree with other reviews that take issue with some of the great realizations that set the stage for the third act. I am not knocking Dan's wife for thinking perhaps the alien spacecraft didn't land at the date everyone assumed, but surely the best minds in government and research had already considered this possibility, right? Maybe it's a subtle dig at government being bloated and ineffective (there's that comment about the UN talking things over for years), but there's no way on earth the U. S. military and others would not have explored every possibility and permutation.
And then there's volcano kid. Because the only volcanologist worth his salt is the kid from your class. There are no other experts!
Lastly, I suppose there's some sort of message? Like we're supposed to understand how underappreciated Dan feels, and be happy in the end when he has a "everything I need is right here at home" moment? I'm sorry, but at the very least to honor those who died going rogue in Russia, that story would be public, not Dan retreating to some quiet life having learned a valuable lesson about the importance of family. You won't really feel anything for the characters in this film.
Anyway, it was still a fun watch. I have no regrets.
A word of caution on slamming Amazon over this flick if you didn't like it. Amazon had nothing to do with the production of this film. Paramount and Skydance made it. It was supposed to be released theatrically, but Paramount got cold feet because of COVID. Amazon swept in and picked up the distribution rights. That's it. The "Amazon Original" is only labeled as such because Amazon bought the rights to a finished product. Harp on Amazon if you don't like the way the film was marketed, but not if you think the producers should have made different choices. That's for Paramount.
"The Tomorrow War" is certainly not for kids. It's kinda funny how if we have copious amounts of gore involving humans, a film is easily Rated R, but if the surprisingly extensive gore involves alien critters, then whatevs. It's PG-13. Either way, I'd keep this to the 15+ set. (It has a 16 rating in many other Western countries, although it carries a mere 12 in the UK.)
Overall, I was still more entertained than I expected. Some of the dialogue is pretty pathetic, and plenty of jokes don't really land. But overall, even if the flick is overlong, it moves at a pretty brisk pace, with four main action sequences.
However, I agree with other reviews that take issue with some of the great realizations that set the stage for the third act. I am not knocking Dan's wife for thinking perhaps the alien spacecraft didn't land at the date everyone assumed, but surely the best minds in government and research had already considered this possibility, right? Maybe it's a subtle dig at government being bloated and ineffective (there's that comment about the UN talking things over for years), but there's no way on earth the U. S. military and others would not have explored every possibility and permutation.
And then there's volcano kid. Because the only volcanologist worth his salt is the kid from your class. There are no other experts!
Lastly, I suppose there's some sort of message? Like we're supposed to understand how underappreciated Dan feels, and be happy in the end when he has a "everything I need is right here at home" moment? I'm sorry, but at the very least to honor those who died going rogue in Russia, that story would be public, not Dan retreating to some quiet life having learned a valuable lesson about the importance of family. You won't really feel anything for the characters in this film.
Anyway, it was still a fun watch. I have no regrets.