The movie has been universally panned by critics as a poor adaptation of the original novel and a feature-length advertisement for Amazon.

The H. G. Wells adaptation, starring Ice Cube and taking place entirely on screens, was panned on social media as "generationally bad"

Prime Video's new adaptation of War of the Worlds has accomplished a rare achievement, but probably not one that the streamer was hoping for: the sci-fi movie has debuted to a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 0%.