GamerTab That was an excellent one.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Anthony Paolino First off, let me say that I absolutely love Steven Spielberg's version of War of the Worlds. I'm not going to go into detail about that, but his variation was incredible, and is one of my favorite movies. It's as if he knew exactly what H.G Wells was thinking when he wrote the book all those years ago, and it was very well done for a concept written in the late 1800sThen the Asylum gives it a shot.My God, where have we gone wrong? The only reason i saw the Asylum's version is because I mistook it for Spielberg's edition at Blockbuster when I rented it. And it was just terrible. The effects were terrible, the acting was beyond horrible, and a lot of scenes just didn't make any logical sense whatsoever. I actually ended up returning the DVD right after viewing it, hoping that I'd never have to hear about it again.Then the sequel came around.Oh my God... I never knew it was humanly possible to screw up a story this bad. just... wow. I'm stunned. This has got to be the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. This is beyond Jaws 4 territory of bad! It's got all of the same problems as the first movie, and completely amplifies them many times over. If you see this DVD anywhere, avoid it like it was a disease, because, in a way, it IS a disease. You're FAR better off getting Spielberg's version of War of the Worlds. And whatever you do, DON'T get his version and the Asylum's confused. The Asylum's has an alien blowing up the Capitol Building. That's how to tell. But this? This is just... ugh. If you see a "2" next to the War of the Worlds title, avoid it! Stay away from this awful "movie" at all costs!

Michael_Elliott War of the Worlds 2 (2008) * (out of 4)This direct-to-DVD sequel has George Herbert (C. Thomas Howell) returning as the father who has everything turn worse when our alien friends come back for a second invasion. To try and stay ahead of them, George, his new buddy (Christopher Reid) and others jump in their spaceships and head off to outer space to destroy the alien's mothership (no, I'm not kidding). I guess you have to give The Asylum credit for delivering something that's actually worse than the previous film. It's really too bad this low-budget film took itself too serious because when you do that you really don't leave yourself any room for some humor and that's something this thing really needed. It also needed some campy moments because as it stands this sequel is just deadly dull with nothing going for it. Once again, the biggest problem is that the screenplay is simply all over the place and it tries to deliver some sort of epic story but it fails horribly simply because the film can't deliver anything. The low-budget prevented any of the scenes from looking real so it's hard to take your outer space voyage serious when you don't believe for a second that they're actually there. You'll notice most of the shots in space are close-ups of the actors and I'm going to guess this was done so that the production didn't have to "dress up" what was behind them (which was probably just a white wall). The special effects this time around are also on the low rent style but there were a few good set designs towards the end as well as a couple goo-filled items. The performances are all on the weak side and that especially includes Reid who really doesn't get into his character at all. Fans of his should certainly stick with HOUSE PARTY. Howell took directing duties here and I think he had enough visual flare to where I'd like to see him handled an actual decent project to work on. Still, WAR OF THE WORLDS 2 is pretty worthless and easily a title you can skip.

Bobby Mckeown This is a sequel to a straight to video version that was made around the same time as Spielbergs version. It stars C. Thomas Howell. After he appeared in the first film he decided that he could do a better job with the sequel and took the helm as director. Yes, it is every bit as sh1te and avoidable as it sounds. However, one of the co-stars, a Mr. Christopher Reid, who plays the character 'Pete'. His most notable achievement was the character 'Kid' in the Kid 'n' Play films from the late 80's / early 90's. His most notable achievement until now! He is quite simply the single most worst actor ever. EVER. If, instead of him, they had hired some clueless gimp off the street, not given them a script or any inkling as to what part they were playing or what they were supposed to be doing, they would have done a better job. It's this performance that makes the film worth watching. The part has made him a legend in my eyes. Absolute legend. Do yourself a service and watch this film.

mrdav1 Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen! This is a truly terrible "sequel" (it doesn't even deserve to be called that!)...The plot is completely unbelievable, the storyline is flawed, the effects abysmal and the acting is the most hammy I have ever seen. Then there's the repetitive, intrusive score that is inanely played all the way through as if in an attempt to distract the unfortunate viewer into believing that some thought has gone into the production and things might get better... They don't!I wish that there was something constructive that I could say but this movie is, in a word, DIRE. Save your money, time and brain and watch something worthwhile.