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    Worst Movie Of The Year Is Now Number One On Amazon Prime Video

    The worst movie of the year to have been released so far has reached the top spot on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service.
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    Amazon Prime Video is one of the biggest streaming platforms available, alongside the likes of Netflix and Disney Plus. While all of these streaming services allegedly seek to release quality projects for subscribers, that isn’t always how things work out. This is evident with one of the latest Amazon Prime Video releases which, while reaching the top of the streaming service’s charts, is also being considered the worst movie of the year.

    In fact, some viewers are calling the film one of the worst movies of all time. It certainly doesn’t help the fact that the movie is inspired by one of the greatest novels of all time. There haven’t always been well-received adaptations of this particular title, but this may be the most negatively-received interpretation of the story yet.

    Interestingly, it seems to have been a combination of behind-the-scenes innovations and corporate product placement that led to this film’s creation. While innovations are often appreciated, such as those in the found footage genre that this film owes a debt to, it seems as though viewers did not connect with this movie’s sense of style or the filmmaking techniques behind it at all. Thus it’s no surprise to see why this Amazon Prime Video release is already being considered the worst movie of the year – or why so many subscribers are trying to see what it’s all about.

    The 1898 novel The War of the Worlds from legendary author H. G. Wells inspired a variety of incredible adaptations over the years. Sadly, not all of them have been successes, and it seems as though the latest iteration could be one of the worst movies ever made. The new Amazon Prime Video film distributed by Universal Pictures, titled War of the Worlds, stars Ice Cube and as of this writing flopped to an incredibly rare 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    The history of this particular adaptation reaches back to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was forcing film studios and creators to think outside the box in an unpredictable landscape. Many film projects were produced in which cast members were not physically near one another. This new adaptation of The War of the Worlds was one such attempt, providing a view of the alien invasion from that of Ice Cube’s Department of Homeland Security character Will Radford.

    As a skilled hacker and surveillance expert, Radford becomes the center of attention for the film, as he possesses the technical powers necessary to observe and help stop the invading aliens. For viewers, however, it seems as though he was simply part of a glorified Amazon Prime commercial. The movie has faced backlash for advertising Amazon Prime by focusing on an Amazon delivery driver, in addition to the use of Amazon Prime drones, and even the bribery of a homeless man with a $1,000 Amazon Prime gift card.

    With the film also being an Amazon Prime Video exclusive distributed by Universal Pictures, it’s no surprise that the corporate product placement has viewers in an uproar. Of course, for a film that has a 0% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes with as many as 12 reviews, there are plenty of other problems that have been pointed out online. Here are some of the responses that ordinary viewers have shared on X:

    Clearly, director Rich Lee’s attempt at a War of the Worlds adaptation in a COVID-19 era pandemic failed. The screenplay by Kenneth A. Golde and Marc Hyman has been picked apart by critics, and Lee’s direction only emphasized the lack of humanity by making a movie as isolated and strange as this 2025 endeavor. It’s no surprise that it took an additional five years for the studios behind the project to figure out what to do with the title.

    Unfortunately, it looks like fans of H. G. Wells’ incredible novel will be disappointed if they were hoping for another clever adaptation. Especially when one considers this year marks the 20th anniversary of director Steven Spielberg‘s own acclaimed iteration of the story, this is a rather disappointing way to celebrate. With that said, one can also hope that it pushed fans to try out these other iterations instead, also including the classic 1953 film of the same name or even its short-lived 1988 TV series follow-up.

    Regarding Lee’s 2025 effort, however, it looks like B-movie fans have a new film to stare at in awe and shock alongside the likes of The Room or The Star Wars Holiday Special. There’s certainly some appeal for that element if nothing else.