Based on the novel by H. G. Wells, this remake directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto and Tim Robbins is a science-fiction/fantasy movie. It’s the story of one family fighting to survive the invasion of the Earth by aliens in the form of towering three-legged war machines. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a divorced dad of two
who finds himself in the company of his two kids Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and Rachel (Dakota Fanning) after his ex-wife and her husband drops them off for a weekend visit. A powerful lightning storm suddenly occurs. Near his house, Ray witnesses a towering three-legged war machine emerge from the ground and incinerate everything it sees.
Ray and his children scramble to get away ...