Without self-respect, ‘The Tomorrow War’ fires blanks
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Grade: 1.0/5.0
“The Tomorrow War” opens with a surprisingly witty scene, relative to the film. Ex-military high school science teacher Dan Forester (Chris Pratt) walks into his house, booze in hand for the party he’s hosting. On the television, the 2022 World Cup, hosted by Qatar, is playing.
It’s a nice detail, but it also makes an apt metaphor for the film. The lonely chyron running along the bottom of the screen looks of a decade long gone by, which would’ve been a cool retro touch, had the film been going for retro (it’s 2022, about to jump to the 2050s). Not to mention the game is exploited for all its worth long before “The Tomorrow War” gets around to its relevance. Details were spared. Like the chyron, the film’s whiffs of invention don’t make it past whiffs “The Tomorrow War” is fun, but abandons its hints of ingenuity.
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