| The Tomorrow War (2021) | |
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Rating: 6.6/10 (226,601 votes) Director: Chris McKay Writer: Zach Dean Stars: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons Runtime: 138 min Rated: PG-13 Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Released: 02 Jul 2021 |
| Plot: A family man is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront the past. | |
When a war in the future against an alien menace is going badly, the future scientists create a time travel machine that allows them to recruit soldiers from the present to help fight the future war. When all the best military are worn down, an international draft brings in civilians. Pratt plays an ex officer who is now teaching biochemistry who finds himself drafted – jumping to serve his time in the future war with a squad of rookie civilians. Can the people of the present save the future before all humanity is eradicated?
What initially seemed to be simple disposable sci-fi, actually turned out to be quite emotional and sharp. The time travel element is a simple set up to let the film basically play an alien invasion story backwards – we start off not knowing where they came from, and are at the end of the war (after some set-up of the present day lives), before the film allows the investigation into the origins to play out in the latter half.
The alien design is great – the ‘bone launcher’ tendrils, the body-shell armour, the gaping maw of predator like teeth…and the movements – very cat-like and perfect hunters. A good alien invasion tale always hangs heavily on the alien design – too bizarre, and it stretches belief. too simple, and it seems pointless. Here the design really works, and the way the creatures blend into the environments makes for tense moments when you think there may have been something lurking, and watching.
Some story elements early on make you question the film – why aren’t the grunts told any details? Why is nobody trained? – but if you pay attention, it all makes perfect sense as the film rattles along.
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But the film does suffer slightly in the tonal nature. Pratt effectively plays yet another typical role for himself here, and even though it does try to give him something different, the film sadly resorts to him muttering quips and jokey replies under his breath far too much – sometimes to the detriment of the actual moment.
But, aside from that, the only upset I have is that I didn’t get to see this play out on the big screen, where some of the more delicious imagery would have popped, and the score would have zinged.
In the end, this is a solid sci-fi outing, albeit a flawed one, and was well and truely worthy of my time.
