Chris Pratt returns to the screen with this exhilarating film about man-eating aliens and time travel
On paper, The Tomorrow War sounds like one of those fun summer flicks that would be a huge draw at the box office if it wasn't screening exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. The trailers promise plenty of guns-a-blazing action and nasty monsters bent on annihilating the human race. So while it's a pity we won't get to watch the spectacle on a big screen, it's still a massive a crowd-pleaser as evident in its 81 per cent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not a bad way to spend two hours stuck at home.
But before you do, here's what you may want to know about The Tomorrow War.
The plot is about an alien invasion in the future
Thirty years from now, mankind is fighting a losing battle with a deadly alien species. The trailer delivers an ominous message that these aliens only motivation is to eat humans ("They are hungry!"), thus making them extremely determined and dangerous. With their numbers dwindling, their only hope for survival is to bring soldiers and civilians from the past to help in the fight.
Yes, the storyline is ludicrous and fantastical, but it's this suspension of belief that makes it a real escape from our very own pandemic problems.
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