New Ice Cube Movie Gets Rare 0% Rating On Rotten Tomatoes

Ice Cube’s latest film, a modern take on *War of the Worlds*, has crash-landed with critics—earning a shocking 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Loosely based on H.G. Wells’ classic, the movie bears little resemblance to the iconic alien invasion story. Directed by Rich Lee and co-starring Eva Longoria and Iman Benson, it centers on Cube’s character, Will Radford, a surveillance analyst juggling a hacker, alien threats, and his family—all from behind a computer screen.

The film’s unusual format is almost entirely desktop-based, drawing comparisons to *Unfriended*, but critics say it lacks suspense. Heavy Amazon product placement dominates, including a much-mocked scene where a USB drive is delivered mid-invasion via Prime drone. Social media exploded with disbelief over the absurd integration, with one tweet going viral for comparing it to a “feature-length commercial.”

Shot during the pandemic and released five years later, the movie appears to have been designed around COVID safety protocols, with minimal cast interaction and heavy green-screen use. Critics have slammed the flat pacing, excessive screen time of Cube simply staring at monitors, and awkward dialogue. The Telegraph even joked Cube looked like he was “working through a digestive ailment” while watching events unfold.

Audiences aren’t much kinder, giving it just 14% on the Popcorn score. Still, its bizarre execution has sparked curiosity, with some viewers calling it “unintentionally hilarious” and “so bad it’s watchable.” Whether seen as a corporate misfire or a strange streaming experiment, Ice Cube’s *War of the Worlds* is trending—for all the wrong reasons.