The Tomorrow War
Film2021138 min

The Tomorrow War

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictiondramamonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clash

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"The fight for tomorrow begins today."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly sci-fi film that is expansive and dark. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

complex relationshipfish out of water/culture clash

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Chris PrattYvonne StrahovskiJ.K. SimmonsBetty GilpinSam Richardson

Details

Genre
Action
Year
2021
Runtime
138 min
Status
Released
Studio
Lit Entertainment Group
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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