Many comments about The Tomorrow War focus on how it is visually spectacular and a great premise but the execution is lacking. I think the last part is true but I'm not sure about the first parts. I'm not sure the premise, people from the "present" being recruited to go to the future to fight an alien invasion, is really that great a premise. I'm not saying any of it is bad, it's just the film feels a bit lacklustre. Maybe there is a reason this one didn't get saved for the big screen.
First the story. It's an idea and it works... enough. I would have liked it if the film had found more of a reason for its gimmicks. Instead it feels more like the idea playing out is the whole reason for the film and the story never quite lives up to it. There are "twists" but none of them can't be seen coming a mile away and mostly there are a lot of contrived convenient coincidences. Again it's not a terrible story, it's just never overly interesting. And it's long, too long for a story that its audience might not be totally invested in.
In 2021 for effects to be "spectacular" they have to somehow impact in a way that doesn't distract from the story but really take it to the next level. I'm not sure The Tomorrow War gets there. Nothing in the visual presentation of The Tomorrow War blew me away.
Pretty much everything about The Tomorrow War is just okay. It never wrestles with any of the questions it story brings up just by the nature of such a tale, instead looking for easy answers or just turning a blind eye to things. And, like a lot of films with time travel plots, it falls into some problems with the timelines that just are better not to think so much about.
I guess I wouldn't warn people not to see The Tomorrow War. I just wouldn't recommend it if they were on the fence. It's a very surface level adventure and rather forgettable in the end.
The Tomorrow War
Starring: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, JK Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson
Director: Chris McKay
Writer: Zach Dean
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