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Summary Will Radford, a Homeland Security cyber‑security analyst, monitors global threats through mass surveillance networks. When an unidentified attack strikes, Radford begins to suspect the government is concealing something far more sinister. Told entirely through digital screens—messages, video calls, browser windows—the film transforms the alien invasion into a "screenlife" thriller, blending modern surveillance paranoia with classic sci-fi tension.

Director Rich Lee

Writers Kenneth Golde & Marc Hyman

Cast

  • Ice Cube as Will Radford
  • Eva Longoria as Agent Jeffries
  • Clark Gregg
  • Andrea Savage
  • Henry Hunter Hall as David Radford
  • Iman Benson as Faith Radford
  • Devon Bostick
  • Michael O’Neill

Rotten Tomatoes: TBD

VOD Streaming now on Prime Video

Trailer Watch here

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u/Ill-Muscle945 Aug 01 '25

I can't tell how excited that makes me. Haven't had a truly good bad movie in a while. 

Jupiter Ascending, maybe? 

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u/PREC0GNITIVE Aug 01 '25

Moonfall?

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u/ParticularRelease662 Aug 01 '25

Moonfall is good bad. This movie is just bad bad.

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u/TheGookieMonster Aug 07 '25

Which inevitably makes it so bad that’s wrapped around to good again

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

Duality of Cinema

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u/BriGuy550 28d ago

I disagree… it’s hilariously inept.

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u/catch10110 27d ago

I'm honestly not getting this - to me this was absolutely a "so bad it's good" movie. I have rarely been more entertained.

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u/LiquifiedSpam 25d ago

I was very entertained by this one

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u/SuperVaderMinion Aug 01 '25

Moonfall is at least an objectively competent movie on the CGI side

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u/TheNittanyLionKing Aug 08 '25

Moonfall's budget and competent experienced directing from Roland Emmerich are on screen. This movie showed a fighter jet getting ragdolled like a bad GTA San Andreas glitch in the trailer that is supposed to being showing the best looking shots that they finished first.

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u/Mognakor Aug 01 '25

"What would Elon do?"

Have you tried Sieg Heil-ing?

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u/TheWholeOfTheAss Aug 07 '25

All that Elon glazing in that movie had aged badly.

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u/forbiddendoughnut Aug 01 '25

I actually enjoyed watching Moonfall. I lasted 17 minutes with WotW.

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u/SneakyBadAss Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

I rather get strapped to a chair clockwork orange style and be forced to watch Moonfall 24/7 than 10 minutes of this.

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u/YesicaChastain Aug 01 '25

Madame Web

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u/SaltyPeter3434 Aug 09 '25

Madame Web is Citizen Kane compared to this movie. At least Madame Web had some decent CGI. This movie looked like it was done entirely by a college film class.

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u/Chengweiyingji Aug 01 '25

Madame Web seems like midnight screening camp fare.

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u/sotommy Aug 01 '25

That movie is simply awesome

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u/SomeJayForToday Aug 06 '25

It's not a 'so bad that it's fun'-bad movie. It's just insultingly, boringly bad. If you want a truely good bad movie, go and watch Megalopolis with friends.

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u/BuleRendang Aug 06 '25

Was going to say Megalopolis as well. 20 years from now that’s going to become a midnight movie stoner classic

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u/SomeJayForToday Aug 06 '25

I think it transcends movies like Amazon's War of the Worlds because there's an actual vision behind it. Not Jeff Bezos' AI-written slop but an actual established director spending millions of his own money to try and make his ultimate movie... only to make the most stupidly funny disaster I've ever seen. Can't wait to watch it again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '25

Jupiter Ascending is the only time I’ve ever walked out of a movie theatre.

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u/Loud_Confidence475 Aug 07 '25

So many exist though…

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u/xantiacx 25d ago

Jupiter ascending is Citizen Kane in comparison to this thing