The War of the Worlds is an impressive movie from the technical standpoint though I felt the writing wasn’t the best and the ending was terribly abrupt and not especially satisfying while When Worlds Collide is an okay sci-fi disaster film.

The War of the Worlds/When Worlds Collide
– Paramount Presents –
(1953/1951)
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy
Paramount| G – 85 min. – $39.99 | September 27, 2022
Date Published: 09/27/2022 | Author: The Movieman
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MOVIE INFO:
Directed by: Byron Haskin (The War of the Worlds), Rudolph Maté (When Worlds Collide)
Writer(s): H.G. Wells (novel), Barreé Lyndon (screenplay) (The War of the Worlds); Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie (novel), Sydney Boehm (screenplay) (When Worlds Collide)
Cast (The War of the Worlds): Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Thiemayne
Cast (When Worlds Collide): Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Larry Keating
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DISC INFO:
Features: Various
Slip Cover: Yes
Digital Copy: Yes
Formats Included: 4K, Blu-ray
Number of Discs: 2
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Audio (The War of the Worlds): English (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
Audio (When Worlds Collide): English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
Video (The War of the Worlds): 2160p/Full Frame 1.33
Video (When Worlds Collide): 1080p/Full Frame 1.33
Dynamic Range: HDR10
Subtitles: English SDH
Codecs: HEVC / H.265 (4K), MPEG-4 AVC (BD)
Region(s): A, B, C
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Paramount provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
The opinions I share are my own.

THE MOVIES
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Click Here to read my full review of When Worlds Collide
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