Well, let's just face it, the title alone makes you stop and take a step back. I mean, this 2021 sci-fi movie just had cheese all over it. But still, I opted to sit down and watch it, as I had the opportunity to do so, and also because it was a movie that I hadn't already seen.
Needless to say that I wasn't harboring much of any expectations or hopes for the movie. And then when I saw The Asylum written on the screen, I just knew that it was going to be one of those movies.
And true enough, "War of the Worlds: Annihilation" is an archetypical movie from The Asylum. Not exactly the traditional mockbusters that they tend to pump out, but a cheesy sci-fi movie that is driven by a lousy plot, horrible CGI and just all-round low budget feel. So if you enjoy such things, then you are in for a blast here with this 2021 movie.
The storyline, as written by Conor Dowling, was so amazingly bland and generic, that the movie could have had any title and it would still be the same lousy experience. So don't get your hopes up for the "War of the Worlds" aspect that the title of the movie is carrying.
The acting in the movie was adequate, despite the fact that the actors and actresses had very little to work with in terms of a properly written script and plot, and also with a rather bland character gallery.
Visually then "War of the Worlds: Annihilation" was as to be expected. The CGI in the movie looked like something from an early 2000s computer game. It was rather atrocious and horrible to look at, and even hard to take it seriously.
My rating of director Maximilian Elfeldt's "War of the Worlds: Annihilation" lands on a three out of ten stars.
