The Tomorrow War Movie Storyline. In December 2022, biology teacher and former Green Beret Dan Forester fails to get a job at a prestigious research center. During the broadcast of the World Cup, soldiers from the year 2051 arrive to warn that humanity is on the brink of extinction due to a war with alien invaders referred to as the “Whitespikes.”
The Whitespikes will arrive in November 2048 and kill the majority of humanity within three years after their arrival. In response, the world’s militaries are sent into the future via a wormhole device called the “Jumplink,” but fewer than 20% survive their seven-day deployment, prompting an international draft.
Dan receives a notice that he has been drafted and when he tells his wife, she says they should run and talks Dan into visiting his estranged father, a mechanical engineer, for help in removing the draft band attached to his arm. Dan’s father left him and his mother after he returned from the Vietnam War because he felt it was dangerous to remain with them, but Dan says he doesn’t want his help and calls him a coward, then leaves. Dan reports to basic training with other draftees where they are briefed from future soldiers about the Whitespikes. Dan deduces with fellow draftee Charlie that to prevent a paradox, those drafted have already died before the war starts and those who have come from the future haven’t been born yet.
The draftees are sent forward in time to a battlefield on Miami Beach but few survive, having accidentally been dropped high above the city. Romeo Commander, Colonel Forester, orders the draftees to rescue nearby lab personnel before the area is sterilized. They discover the lab personnel are already dead but recover their research. Dan radios command about the situation, and he is told that no help will be sent to rescue the stranded troops. Nearly everyone dies, except for Charlie, Dan, and Dorian, a battle-hardened soldier on his third deployment to the future.
The Tomorrow War is a 2021 American military science fiction action film directed by Chris McKay and starring Chris Pratt. The picture is produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, David S. Goyer, Jules Daly, and Adam Kolbrenner, and written by Zach Dean. The ensemble cast features Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Jasmine Mathews, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Keith Powers. It follows a mix of present-day soldiers and civilians sent into the future to fight an alien army.
Originally set for theatrical release by Paramount Pictures, the film’s distribution rights were acquired by Amazon due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and digitally released on July 2, 2021 via Prime Video. The Tomorrow War received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the concept, action sequences, and performances (particularly Pratt and Richardson), but criticism aimed towards its derivative execution. A sequel is in development.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Directed by: Chris McKay
Starring: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J. K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, Rose Bianco, David Maldonado, Seychelle Gabriel, Jared Shaw
Screenplay by: Zach Dean
Production Design by: Peter Wenham
Cinematography by: Larry Fong
Film Editing by: Roger Barton, Garret Elkins
Costume Design by: Betsy Heimann
Set Decoration by: Beauchamp Fontaine
Art Direction by: Cameron Beasley, Jared Patrick Gerbig, Kevin Gilbert, Leslie McDonald
Music by: Lorne Balfe
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, language and some suggestive references.
Distributed by: Amazon Studios
Release Date: July 2, 2021
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