Oh man, is this the first you’re hearing of it? It’s so bad it isn’t even worth hate watching. I almost turned it off hallway through but I needed to know if it got better (it didn’t)
The gist is Ice Cube works at the NSA or similar and has Watch Dogs style hacking on everyone which he then uses to coordinate an anti alien-invasion attack from Microsoft Teams (they really want you to know it’s Microsoft teams). Thats basically the whole plotline
It strikes me as a quintessential post-9/11 movie, just like Independence Day’s rah-rah, feel-good American exceptionalism feels intrinsically tied to the mid to late 90s. Dated, sure, but dated to the period of its release. However, I don’t know if I’ve seen it since release, so perhaps I’m misremembering aspects.
War of the Worlds (2025)
Another one? But… Why?
Frankly that’s a movie that should never be remade. The original is of it’s time, like the story. No need to go revamping it.
Oh man, is this the first you’re hearing of it? It’s so bad it isn’t even worth hate watching. I almost turned it off hallway through but I needed to know if it got better (it didn’t)
The gist is Ice Cube works at the NSA or similar and has Watch Dogs style hacking on everyone which he then uses to coordinate an anti alien-invasion attack from Microsoft Teams (they really want you to know it’s Microsoft teams). Thats basically the whole plotline
It was worth hate watching, in my opinion. I was openly laughing at the product placement by the end.
That sounds like one of those movies that’s so bad it’s good.
That feels exactly how it was for me. Wanted to stop but had this morbid fascination with it.
War of the worlds 2005 fits the bill too. Feels like it’s from the 90s.
What makes you say that?
It strikes me as a quintessential post-9/11 movie, just like Independence Day’s rah-rah, feel-good American exceptionalism feels intrinsically tied to the mid to late 90s. Dated, sure, but dated to the period of its release. However, I don’t know if I’ve seen it since release, so perhaps I’m misremembering aspects.
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