If "Tomorrow's Battle" was made 20 years ago, it would probably be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terminator through the Future Wars Predator. But now that Schwarzenegger is in quasi-retirement, his son-in-law, Chris Pratt, has taken on the role of fighting aliens (he even repeats Schwarzenegger's classic line "I'll be back" in this film), and Pratt is now a hot star, not the same as when he was in the tv industry.
After assembling the Guardians of the Galaxy and training the Velociraptors, this time with Chris McKay, the director of The Lego Batman Movie, Pratt also served as a producer for the first time.
He plays Dan Forrest, a veteran who now works as a biology teacher. While it wasn't the ideal job he dreamed of, the income was enough to feed his family of three. As a group of soldiers teleport back from the future (2050 to be exact) to request support against an alien creature known as the Whitespinn, Dan is quickly recruited to teleport through a wormhole device to the battlefield of Miami Beach to save a group of laboratory personnel. With little knowledge of the White Thorn Monster, leading a group of inexperienced civilians into a temporary battle, will Dan survive and save the fate of mankind at stake?
The film's screenwriter, Zach Dean, was probably inspired by films like The Battle of Los Angeles and Edge of Tomorrow, which are filled with shadows. As the name suggests, Tomorrow's War is essentially a war movie, but it also conveys some important messages.
Just when you thought there wouldn't be any other interesting episodes after the about Dan, his family, and all the alien invasion, J.K. Simmons made the scene as James, Dan's estranged father and hidden rebel veteran. The character is funny, he probably has a lot of epic war stories to tell, and as far as we know, he tries to improve his relationship with Dan by sending a greeting card to Dan's daughter, Muri. It's certainly good to have J.K. Simmons in attendance, and part of the reason Why "Tomorrow's Battle" feels good is because of him.
Just when you thought it was just a fully followed monster action movie, the writers unexpectedly used Muri to greatly enhance the dramatic conflict. The setting of time travel, while not necessarily up to scrutiny, is still believable enough to provide some emotional resonance in addition to the fancy effect.
Of course, there are also supporting characters who provide the jokes, such as Charlie (Sam Richardson), a doctor of science who successfully completed his first mission, and Dorian (Edwin Hodge), a cancer soldier who is melancholy, unsmiling, and vowing to die in the most glorious way. After all, this is a simple popcorn movie.
For a film that was originally intended to be released on the big screen, "Tomorrow's War" is naturally indispensable to crazy action and special effects scenes. Especially in the first half of the film, the tense Battle of Miami Beach, which takes place mainly in a building, is impressive.
Chris McKay's debut live-action film debut cleverly blended mindless action scenes and computer special effects. Although "Tomorrow's War" can be more sharp, cruel, and unexpected, as far as the current film is concerned, although flawed, it is still a pleasant and delicious popcorn movie. Palat should probably consider working with his boss in the next alien invasion movie.