THE TOMORROW WAR MOVIE REVIEW | RELEASE DATE | CAST | FILMING
THE TOMORROW WAR
Directed by - Chris Mckay
Produced by - David Ellison
Dana Goldberg
Don Granger
Jules Daly
David S. Goyer
Adam Kolbrenner
Written by - Zach Dean
Music by - Lorne Balfe
Distributed by - Amazon Studios
Release Date - July2, 2021
Country of origin - United States
Running time - 138 minutes
(2h 20min) Genre - Sci-fi , action
The Tomorrow war is a 2021 American sci-fi adventure action movie. It is starring Chris Pratt in the lead role. The Tomorrow war received mixed reviews, let's just say, it's not everybody's Cup of tea. The critics have praised the concept,action sequences but also criticised the movie for its prevelant plot holes.
PRODUCTION (Filming, Release Date )
FILMING
Back in February 2019,it was announced that Chris Pratt will star in the film(then known as Ghost Draft) and that it would be directed by Chris Mckay. But the movie was later retitled The Tomorrow war. Other than Chris Pratt, the cast and additional cast roles were finalised till September. The filming started on September 1,2019 in Lincolnton, Georgia, Atlanta and Iceland and was wrapped up on January 12,2020.
RELEASE DATE
Originally set for theatrical release on December 25,2020 by Paramount Pictures but it was rescheduled to July 23,2021 due to the pandemic. But was later pulled off the schedule again.
In January 2021,Amazon Studios finalised and bought the movie rights for around $200 million. So it was finally released digitally on Amazon Prime video on July 2,2021 in about 240 countries worldwide.
SYNOPSIS
Time travelers arrive from 2051 to deliver an urgent message :30 years in the future mankind is losing a war against a deadly alien species (Whitespikes). The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians to be transported to the future to join forces in the fight. Determined to save the world for his daughter, Dan Forester teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father to rewrite the planet's fate.
CAST
● Chris Pratt as Dan Forester
● Yvonne Strahovski as Colonel Muri Forester
Ryan kiera Armstrong as
Young Muri Forester
● J. K. Simmons as James Daniel Forester
● Betty Gilpin as Emmy Forester
● Sam Richardson as Charlie
● Edwin Hodge as Dorian
● Jasmine Mathews as Lt. Hart
● Keith Powers as Major Greenwood
THOUGHTS ON MOVIE
Okk, so The tomorrow war is a rip off of 90's movies like Independence Day and Armageddon and is an earnest effort to bring something new to the time-travel action genre. Chris pratt, as usual, very relatable and his character's motivations and troubles hit close to home. The family dynamics flowed well. The movie was action packed scifi but over analysing can rip any movie apart. But c'mon its nothing like the movie was unbearable or anything, Infact I was totally entertained and it was worth two hours. If you pause every other second and ask questions then please don't watch it because you just have to roll with it.
CRITICAL POINTS OF THE TOMORROW WAR
So, no doubt, but this movie had several plot holes like the people from the future were not even interrogated by the government and what's the point of sending normal civilians, middle aged uncles and aunties to fight killer aliens. But this movie is kinda time sensitive so it might get complex for viewers but The tomorrow war doesn't linger too long on its time travel logistics. It is explained via a simple example that is, the time flows ever forward like a river so they can hop in one direction only and till the time Muri and Dan engineer the toxin to eliminate aliens, they were too late to save the world in 2051.Also, the ending of the movie is quite predictable; in addition with the poor character development for the rest of movie cast other than Chris Pratt. But it becomes less captivating to watch it on a small mobile screen or laptop and in my sense this movie definitely deserved a theatre, as the experience would have been totally different.
SEQUEL
In July 2021,Deadline Hollywood reported Skydance and Amazon were in talks about producing a sequel and maybe the sequel would extend explanation of the time line better.