Worst SFX No.8: War Of The Worlds (Pendragon version, 2005)

No less than three versions of H.G. Wells' classic tale of alien invasion hit the public in 2005, and I had high hopes for the version that was sticking to the original book and setting the film in Victorian England. I even remember signing up for the Pendragon pictures mailing list in 2004. Could it be? Could one of the greatest works of British science-fiction literature finally get its due cinematically?

No…

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