I didn't know about this movie existing prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2025. Since it was a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to watch the movie. And with the 2021 movie "War of the Worlds: Annihilation" not being a particularly great movie, then I have to say that I harbored zero expectations to this follow-up.
"War of the Worlds: Extinction" is a collaboration of The Asylum and Tubi, so it is not exactly a union that heralds stellar movie making, now is it?
The storyline was generic, and to make matters worse it was a rather monotonous narrative. I am not saying that it necessarily was a bad storyline, but the pacing of the narrative was mindbogglingly slow and devoid of any thrills. I was never left on the edge of my seat. So writers Jacob Cooney, Marc Gottlieb, Molly Jacobs and Gil Luna didn't exactly bring anything extraordinary to the table. But at least it was better than the 2021 movie "War of the Worlds: Annihilation".
There were a couple of familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of William Baldwin, Michael Paré and Geoff Meed. The acting performances in the movie were fair, but nothing outstanding.
The effects in the movie were actually surprisingly good for a movie from The Asylum and Tubi. Not jaw-droppingly impressive effects, mind you, but fair enough for what they was.
The movie's cover is pretty terrible, especially since it makes William Baldwin look like Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man whom trapped his own daughter in his basement and had several babies with her. It was not a flattering cover for William Baldwin.
My rating of director Christopher Ray's 2024 movie "War of the Worlds: Extinction" lands on a four out of ten stars.
