The latest film adaptation of War Of The Worlds has made quite a unique name for itself since it was released just shy of two months ago. Now Ice Cube, the film’s leading man, has shed some light on what production was like. 

War Of The Worlds, directed by Rich Lee and distributed by Amazon, follows Ice Cube’s William Radford as he deals with an extra terrestrial problem. Confined to his Homeland Security office, he must use all the resources at his fingertips to save the world from certain doom. 

Upon its release, Variety noted that the film managed to procure a very unique reputation as one of the worst films this year. The Rotten Tomatoes score on it’s own is quite telling, with just a mere 4% critic score. The audience score isn’t much an improvement, either, sitting at just 20%. From the acting to the editing, many aspects of the movie saw massive criticism online, but the most talked about inclusion was the Amazon product placement. The climax of the film, involving an experimental Amazon delivery drone saving the day, has already etched itself into pop culture infamy, with countless reactions not shying away from implying that the product placement, while egregious, is nothing short of comedic gold. 

With a production taking place when COVID-19 was at its peak, the story is told mostly through one single screen, Radford’s in particular. Isolated, he video calls with the other characters and gets updates on the situation through videos as they were posted. Talking to Kai Cenat, Ice Cube said that there wasn’t any other conceivable way for them to move forward with the movie given the restrictions. There was very little interaction for him with his co-stars, with social distancing still in place, and there was little interaction with director Lee either. It took all of 15 days to shoot the footage needed for the 91 minute long film. 

The director wasn’t in there. None of the actors was in there. This was the only way we could really shoot the movie.

Although the movie was produced in 2020, it took five years for it to debut. Variety noted, as well, that Amazon was the company to pick up the film and distribute it, but it was originally shot under Universal

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