War of the Worlds
2025 · Directed by Rich Lee
Original language: English
- science fiction
- thriller
The story
Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.
What it’s like
Cold blue monitor glow and dim government offices, shot largely through screens: desktop windows, webcam feeds, grainy surveillance grids and compressed video that flickers between clean and corrupted. Rooms feel fluorescent and airless, and the picture stutters when signals drop, so the frame itself feels like it is losing its grip. The sound design leans on a low electronic hum, muffled alarms and distorted audio, with silence that feels deliberately uneasy rather than restful. The vibe is paranoid and clinical, a sci-fi thriller about being watched and about not knowing who is doing the watching. It suits a late-night, lights-off viewing where the tension can build slowly. Pacing is steady and suspicious, with dread accumulating through small anomalies rather than constant spectacle. Violence is present in bursts from the attack but is brief and not gory, and the fear is mostly psychological. It is for viewers who enjoy found-footage and screenlife tension, and conspiracy-driven science fiction, more than gentle or comforting fare.
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