What’s It About
In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers from the year 2051 arrives to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years into the future, humanity is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is that soldiers and civilians will be transported from the present into the future and join the battle. Among those recruited are Dan Forester (Chris Pratt), a high school teacher and family man. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (JK Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
The Tomorrow War has several story layers to unpack before finally settling on one, that being Dan (Chris Pratt). According to him, he’s a father failing to reach his full potential in life, and his perspectives on life get worse when he doesn’t get a job he felt he deserved. One of the other, and more critical stories, is about the war. A group of time-traveling soldiers from 2051 tells the world that humankind is doomed because of a deadly alien invasion. And unless we come together as a world force, we will be eradicated as a species within weeks. At this point, every nation acts on the threat, but the aliens are killing soldiers so fast, civilians are drafted. Dan is recruited with mixed emotions. He is a former soldier, but the survival rate for the seven-day tour is practically non-existent. With an estranged father, a wife that would instead convince Dan to go AWOL, and a daughter too young to understand, he went to war. Being one of his team’s only trained members, he was put in charge, and just like that, The Tomorrow War went from drama-ish to action-like. Once you see the aliens, you immediately know why the world is in danger, and for the most part, you will end up saying what’s the point like the protestors in the film. They were tired of losing friends and family members to a war fifty years in the future that some of them probably were not going to live long enough to experience anyway. In other words, they didn’t care if their kids would make it or not. It was all about right now as far as the protestors were concerned. Anyway . . . back in 2051 is all you care about as the rest of the movies main focus is on the challenges being faced by a heavily armored enemy and the continued loss of humankind. This film does get a bit cheesy at times, while it tries to tackle too many side plots, sprinkle in some drama, comedy, and action while staying focused on the main story of Dan and his lack of self-worth. With an ending to help solidify an, as we expected, Hollywood ending, The Tomorrow War is still a fun, action-filled basic sci-fi film.
OUR RATING – A NO POSSIBLE SEQUEL 7