New Sci-Fi Movie Hits 0% on Rotten Tomatoes; Fans Say ‘I Have to Watch’ to See How Bad It Is originally appeared on Parade.
In a rare Hollywood moment of synergy, critics and audiences have united in spectacular harmony asIce Cube’s new sci-fi thriller, War of the Worlds, has crash-landed with a resounding thud, earning the dreaded 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a tidal wave of online mockery. The film is being universally panned as a cinematic disaster of epic proportions, with fans now morbidly curious to witness the train wreck for themselves.
The premise sounds like a standard high-stakes thriller: “A computer security analyst working for the U.S. government finds his daily life disrupted by an alien attack. Accustomed to dealing with virtual threats, his struggle extends to secrets the government may be hiding.” However, critics argue the execution falls hilariously short of its ambitious synopsis.
The reviews have been nothing short of brutal. The Daily Telegraph eviscerated the film, writing that “It is silly, shoddy and features far too much of rapper-turned-leading man Ice Cube staring at a computer screen while looking as if he’s working through a reasonably urgent digestive ailment.”
Variety piled on, attacking the movie’s low-budget feel and overt product placement. “The action is limited to glitchy video clips and whatever else might appear on a surveillance expert’s screen in a cheap-looking thriller that suggests Amazon Prime as Earth’s one-stop solution,” the publication quipped. The review went on to slam the viewing experience itself, noting, “Even with a Prime subscription, you have to sit through two minutes of ads to watch 90 more of what amounts to a feature-length commercial for all things Amazon.”
As the professional reviews flooded in, audiences on social media began their own detective work to understand how such a project went so wrong. One Reddit user offered a compelling theory, stating, “It was filmed during the pandemic. The company knew it was so bad they held on to it for quite a few years but, for some reason, decided to release it anyway.”
This low-budget, “pandemic-core” assessment was echoed by others who had seen clips circulating online. “From what I’ve seen on TikTok it just him in an office with different saving the world,” another user commented, summarizing the film’s perceived lack of action.
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The film’s catastrophic failure has ironically turned it into a must-see event for connoisseurs of bad cinema. The 0% Rotten Tomatoes score, which signifies a complete absence of positive critical reviews, has become a bizarre badge of honor. As one Redditor put it, “I guess I’ll have to watch this on streaming to understand what a movie with a 0% rotten tomatoes score looks like.”
For now, War of the Worlds has secured its place in Hollywood history, not as the thrilling alien invasion flick it was intended to be, but as a legendary bomb that has brought critics, fans, and morbidly curious viewers together in unified disbelief.
New Sci-Fi Movie Hits 0% on Rotten Tomatoes; Fans Say ‘I Have to Watch’ to See How Bad It Is first appeared on Parade on Aug 7, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Aug 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
