![]() Despite having no business being over two hours, the film runs through plodding action sequence after action sequence where characters have to go get a thing to do another thing and it all just becomes increasingly tiresome. The Tomorrow War’s fatal flaw is that it is utterly overblown and bloated. That is not in itself a bad thing, though it requires actually having an exciting action film. That is because The Tomorrow War is an attempt, a poor one, at making a science fiction action-adventure flick that jettisons all other potentially compelling elements for this central conceit. It seemed to gesture at possibly breaking down how the burden of war is falling on a specific subset of the population, though that soon is waved away with half baked sciencey sounding explanations before zipping along to the main focus of the film. The film initially indicates some deeper reflections on how a draft like this would be rolled out and who specifically would be chosen to bear the brunt of the weight of conflict. As if on cue, a group of time traveling soldiers interrupt a broadcast of a soccer match by bursting onto the field to inform the world that alien monsters will attack so they must prepare to send soldiers into the future to save our present.Ī draft is instituted and Dan is selected, meaning his wife Emmy (Betty Gilpin) and daughter Muri (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) will have to watch their father go into the future with the immense uncertainty about whether he will return. When he is turned down for the position for not having enough “private sector experience,” he reflects on how he needs to do something to prove himself worthy of future jobs. It is tepid and tacky science fiction that as I reflect on it more, the more I find myself completely losing sight of any redeeming qualities.Ĭhris Pratt’s Dan Forester is a loving family man and science teacher who is hoping to get a better job. At the very least, going back to change almost every decision involved in the production of this film would be the only way to save it. Better yet, I wish I could go back in time to stop the film itself from existing. ![]() I wish I could go back in time to stop myself from watching The Tomorrow War. ![]() It’s still one of their number one movies to this day.The Tomorrow War (2021 | USA | 140 minutes | Chris McKay) And still to this day, it still plays on Amazon. And then the movie was done and they were like, “No, we’re going to put it on a streamer.” It was a little bit of a hard pill to swallow because I’d seen it in theaters and I’d seen how it played. But it was one of those things where, of course, you’re making a movie for the theaters. Ultimately, it was a really great experience. ![]() I still get DMs from people from India and Brazil, and people who are discovering it, who loved that movie and loved the characters and stuff like that. Literally, they released it around the world. ![]() “Yeah, because they released it worldwide on the same day. Fortunately for the fans, director Chris McKay has finally broken the silence on what’s going on with the long-awaited second part of the franchise (via Uproxx): Released in 2021 on Prime Video, the sci-fi movie was a massive success for the streaming platform, which allowed Chris Pratt to work with them on other projects like The Terminal List, which has been renewed for a second season and will also have a spin-off show.īut news on the continuation of The Tomorrow War was non-existent since the rumors of the sequel started. ![]()
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