{"id":27854,"date":"2021-07-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=27854"},"modified":"2021-07-03T14:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T18:19:39","slug":"the-tomorrow-war-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=27854","title":{"rendered":"“The Tomorrow War” \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\nThe Tomorrow War<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2021)\n\nDirector: Chris McKay<\/strong>\n\nScreenplay: Zach Dean<\/strong>\n

Stars:\u00a0 Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge\u00a0 and Mary Lynn Rajskub.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026\n

Dan Forester (Pratt) is an ex-military high school science teacher who believes he is destined for something bigger.\u00a0 Forester will get his opportunity when he is drafted to fight in a war being held nearly 3 decades in the future.<\/p>\n

Still with me?<\/p>\n

Okay.\u00a0 In the future earth has been invaded by aliens who have killed almost everyone on the planet.\u00a0 In an effort to turn the tide and save humanity, future soldiers have come back into the past to recruit people to fight in the future.\u00a0 A worldwide draft is instated and draftees are sent to the future to fight aliens for seven days.\u00a0 If they survive they are returned to their proper time.\u00a0 Forester is drafted.<\/p>\n

Forester and the others in his group learn there is no training.\u00a0 They are given weapons and transported to the future to kill aliens.\u00a0 Less than 30% will survive the seven days.\u00a0 In Forester’s group we have a nervous college professor, a tough as nails vet who has done three tours and a bunch of others who we learn nothing about (yep, they’re alien fodder).\u00a0 As soon as they are in the future Forester’s team is given a mission and off we go.\u00a0 Alien battles come fast and furious and we learn about the plan to save the world.<\/p>\n

What I liked:\u00a0 Chris Pratt was good.\u00a0 This may be his best performance yet.\u00a0 Edwin Hodge is a standout as the soldier with 3 tours.\u00a0 Sam Richardson provides comic relief (although maybe too much in some spots).\u00a0 I loved seeing Mary Lynn Rajskub and wish she was given more to do.\u00a0 The action is non-stop once.\u00a0 I really liked how they explained who could participate in the time travel (coming and going).\u00a0 I liked the explanation of how the aliens got to earth.\u00a0 All through the movie I was thinking these creatures don’t have the brains for space travel.<\/p>\nWhat bothered me:\n