Los Angeles, USA – E be like say dem don turn Orson Welles’ classic story come comedy for wey Ice Cube dey act, as e don drop new film for Prime Video wey dey make we wonder wetin dey happen for Hollywood. This new version of ‘War of the Worlds‘ no go fit scare mosquito, talk less of human being (na wa oh!).
Ice Cube, wey play the role of Will Radford, na homeland security officer wey dey sit down for him computer dey monitor the whole country. We go reason say e go dey save the day, but instead, na him kids matter he dey focus on. Chopping and changing between him kids and some suspicious hacker wey get name like ‘Disruptor’, e no even sabi wetin him dey do (na serious wahala!).
The movie start like say na just another day, until wahala start to burst as fireballs dey rain down from the sky. NASA person don don warn am say dem go do something bad, but as usual, e no take am serious. We sabi say nobody dey listen to warning, especially when e no dey relate to their private life (classic human behaviour!).
During the wreakage, the camera wey dey follow Will just dey show us small clips of destruction — blurry videos like say dem dey use Nokia 3310 capture am. As fire dey burn all the buildings, we still dey see Ice Cube dey mess with him desktop like na game e dey play. But this na serious matter, abeg!
Will dey try to contact him kids as chaos dey happen outside; aunty Faith dey feel labor, abeg. Instead of dey follow the proper emergency protocol, na him dey try save him family, while millions dey disappear like magic. Wetin we go fit expect from a man wey dey control all the surveillance cameras but still no fit interpret things? Gosh!
Plus, the movie na just one long ad for Amazon Prime. We go sit down dey watch two minutes of ads only to enjoy another 90 minutes of product placement — what we go fit call a feature-length commercial? As dem dey fumble for real action, e wan be like say Amazon no sabi wetin dem dey do.
For one point, when Will dey shout “Take your intergalactic asses back home!” we know say Ice Cube don enter character, but e wan be like say the real threat here na bad script wey dey make people laugh when dem suppose dey scared. We go tire before person fit really enjoy the film (wetin dem call this one sef?).
At the end of the day, ‘War of the Worlds’ really bring no suspense, just plenty wahala with no solution. If dem fit collect Amazon money back once dem finish this kind film, e go make sense. Na to just laugh and move on be our only option for this.
