The Tomorrow War Movie Review: Chris Pratt's Sci-Fi Is A No-Brainer Comfort Entertainer With Great Visuals
The Tomorrow War follows ex-military personnel who is a biology teacher, who gets deployed to fight in a war 30 years from now, where the Earth has been attacked by alien species and humanity is on the verge of extinctio
Star
Cast:
Chris
Pratt,
Yvonne
Strahovski,
JK
Simmons,
Sam
Richardson
Director:
Chris
McKay
Available
On:
Amazon
Prime
Video
Language:
English
Duration:
138
minutes
Story:
The
Tomorrow
War
follows
ex-military
personnel
who
is
a
biology
teacher,
who
gets
deployed
to
fight
in
a
war
30
years
from
now,
where
the
Earth
has
been
attacked
by
alien
species
and
humanity
is
on
the
verge
of
extinction.
Review:
Chris
McKay's
sci-fi
action
thriller
is
a
comfort
summer
entertainer.
The
film
gives
the
audience
nothing
more
than
it
can
handle,
despite
being
focused
on
heavy
technology
and
scientific
research.
The
film
follows
ex-military
high
school
biology
teacher
Dan
Forester
in
the
year
2022,
when
everything
changes.
The
FIFA
World
Cup
final
watched
by
a
worldwide
audience
is
interrupted
by
time-travelling
soldiers
from
30
years
in
the
future.
A
group
steps
out
of
the
wormhole,
asking
for
help
from
their
previous
generation.
The
group
quickly
informs
the
world
about
their
future
being
endangered
by
an
alien
species
and
that
within
11
months,
the
world
will
end
in
the
future.
With
most
of
the
population
already
dead,
their
only
shot
at
survival
is
drafting
people
from
the
past.
While
most
of
the
world
is
shocked
by
the
events
unfolding
in
front
of
them,
Dan
asked
the
one
question
everyone
in
the
reality
would,
"Is
this
a
joke?"
Within
weeks,
the
world
comes
together
to
fight
the
common
enemy
and
the
military
from
all
around
the
world
is
deployed
to
the
future.
However,
people
soon
lose
hope,
as
they
realise
only
30%
of
the
soldiers
return,
most
of
whom
are
not
the
same
anymore.
When
it
is
Dan's
turn
to
be
drafted,
what
sets
him
apart
from
the
civilian
army
is
his
military
training.
He
still
has
to
say
goodbye
to
his
young
daughter
Muri
Forester
knowing
that
he
may
never
come
back.
While
the
start
is
slow
and
predictable,
the
film
really
is
all
about
the
fight
sequences
that
take
place
in
the
future.
From
the
moment
they
are
dropped
to
the
time,
Dan
has
to
return,
director
Chris
Mckay
and
cinematographer
Larry
Fong
have
given
their
best
so
that
the
audience
don't
have
the
chance
to
look
away
from
the
screen;
not
in
fear
of
missing
something
but
due
to
the
rising
tension
amid
the
fight.
The
makers
thankfully
haven't
shied
away
from
showing
what
the
aliens
look
like
and
how
they
fight.
We
get
clear
shots
of
them
running
in
broad
daylight
picking
people
off
like
berries.
We
also
get
to
see
some
real
action
despite
all
the
gun
blazing.
Amid
the
threat
of
human
extinction,
we
also
get
to
see
some
emotional
content
as
characters
get
over
their
daddy
issues
and
mend
broken
bonds.
Still,
it's
not
too
out
of
the
place
and
Chris
Pratt
manages
to
charm
his
way
through
it.
Apart
from
Chris,
there
are
other
characters
and
actors
who
also
contribute
to
the
film,
but
most
of
them
just
pass
by
as
Pratt
makes
his
presence
felt
in
each
scene.
JK
Simmons
who
plays
Dan's
estranged
father
is
the
only
other
actor
who
makes
his
mark.
Meanwhile,
Yvonne
Strahovski
as
the
older
Muri
gets
very
few
action-packed
scenes.
It
would
have
been
more
fun
to
see
her
in
a
character
like
Emily
Blunt's
from
The
Edge
Of
Tomorrow.
The
film
is
more
about
going
with
the
flow
than
stopping
to
understand
the
science
behind
time
travelling
or
how
they
plan
of
launching
a
bio
war
against
the
aliens.
The
older
Muri
often
tells
Dan
that
he
is
on
a
need
to
know
basis,
which
also
serves
as
direct
instructions
for
the
audience.
The
explanations
for
each
of
the
doubts
are
given
in
layman
terms
and
glossed
over
pretty
quickly.
In
fact,
the
makers
have
given
Sam
Richardson's
character
the
job
to
ask
the
same
question
and
make
assumptions
that
the
audience
is
making.
One
of
the
interesting
things
to
see
is
the
little
social
commentary
and
humour
we
get
about
how
the
world
reacts
to
the
solider
from
the
future,
and
how
global
warming
is
bound
to
doom
us
one
way
or
another.
The
governments
are
ready
to
fight
but
people
are
marching
because
they
don't
want
to
fight
for
a
war
that
takes
place
30
years
from
now.
While
there
is
nothing
unimaginable
or
out
of
the
world
in
this
sci-fi
film,
The
Tomorrow
War
makes
for
a
worthy
watch.
The
film
will
give
you
the
same
hope
and
security
like
90s
apocalyptic
films
like
Armageddon
and
Independence
Day,
but
it
may
not
be
enough
to
return
to
any
time
soon.