War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)

Two years after the Martian invasion, George Herbert's worst fears are realized: The Aliens have returned. As a second wave of Martian walkers lay waste to what's left of Earth, an alliance... See full summary »

Director:

C. Thomas Howell

Writers:

Steve Bevilacqua (story), Eric Forsberg

Stars:

C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Reid, Kim Little

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
C. Thomas Howell	...	George Herbert
Christopher Reid	...	Pete
Kim Little	...	Victoria Reed
Jonathan Levit	...	Gorman
Danna Brady	...	Sissy
Fred Griffith	...	Major Kramer
Darren Dalton	...	Shackleford
David Regal	...	Finius
Leslie Gomez	...	Charleze
Zack Beseda	...	Squid killer
Jason S. Gray	...	Stingray
Jonathan Nation	...	Stram
Murray SawChuck	...	Tobias
Rebecca Baril	...	Selma
Liam Howell	...	Liam

Storyline

Two years after the Martian invasion, George Herbert's worst fears are realized: The Aliens have returned. As a second wave of Martian walkers lay waste to what's left of Earth, an alliance of military forces prepares a daring attack on the Red Planet itself. Once again, the future of mankind hangs in the balance.

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Plot Keywords:

martian | invasion | alien invasion | sequel | cgi | 

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Taglines:

This time we fight back!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The sounds coming from Alex's hand-held video game are from the classic arcade game "Defender," in which the player fights aliens attempting to kidnap humans, which mirrors the basic plot of "War of the Worlds."

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Goofs

When Major Kramer is calling for the time jump coordinates to leave Mars orbit, he gets a real time response from Earth. This is impossible as it take radio signal 15 to 20 minutes, each way, to receive a transmission.

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Quotes

Victoria: We have no fleet left, no army, no one way ship.
Gorman: That's right.
Victoria: [pause] Wanna get drunk?

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Connections

References H.R. Pufnstuf (1969)

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Soundtracks

You Came Into My Life
Music by Ralph Rieckermann
Sung by John (Brown) Reese

User Reviews

Disgraceful to the "War of the Worlds" name

Oh goodness, why do people make this crap?! Are these filmmakers literally trying to kill us by demolishing our brain cells? First of all, I'm not going take long on reviewing a film that's not worth it, so let's make this quick and start off by calling out the bad stuff. (Which is basically everything about the film.)

• The acting was horrendous. The worst you could possibly get.

• The special effects were complete trash. Everything that had to deal with any special effects whatsoever was horrible.

• The walkers were also disappointing, and they weren't cool or edgy at all, nor were they new or awesome in anyway possible.

• The constant, unnecessary, background music got on my last nerve. It didn't go two seconds without playing some sort of irritating, repetitive music!

• The twist at the end was incredibly stupid and predictable.

There was nothing good about this film, except for the fact that it made me breathe relief when the end credits showed, because the agony of watching this movie was finally over.

If you're a big fan of the story, I beg of you to not to watch this film, or even consider watching it. If you don't, you will be doing yourself a tremendous deed.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anthill Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1