{"id":347661,"date":"2025-09-16T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=396066"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:11:11","slug":"with-a-0-on-rottentomatoes-ice-cube-knows-who-is-to-blame-for-the-failure-of-his-latest-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/with-a-0-on-rottentomatoes-ice-cube-knows-who-is-to-blame-for-the-failure-of-his-latest-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"With a 0% on RottenTomatoes, Ice Cube knows who is to blame for the failure of his latest movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Covid-19 lockdown was a critical period for the film industry, where creativity was put to the test and productions had to adapt to health restrictions. <strong>In this context, the film starring Ice Cube, a contemporary version of the classic The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells<\/strong>, has become a controversial phenomenon, but not for the reasons its creators expected.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A movie that went wrong due to COVID<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Filmed in just 15 days during lockdown, the movie was produced without the presence of director Rich Lee or other actors, which, according to Cube, had a negative impact on its quality. <strong>In a recent interview, the actor revealed that he recorded his scenes remotely, facing the narration of an alien invasion from his computer screen, using digital platforms like Zoom and WhatsApp<\/strong>. This creative decision has been criticized for its lack of dynamism and for resembling more of an Amazon advertisement than a true film production.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WAR OF THE WORLDS | Amazon Prime Official Trailer (2025) - Ice Cube\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d9erkpdh5o0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Despite its devastating reviews, which include a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and critiques labeling it as one of the worst movies in history, the film has found an unexpected niche in the &#8220;hate-watch&#8221; phenomenon. <strong>The audience has begun to enjoy the bad, commenting on and sharing absurd scenes on social media<\/strong>. The peculiarity of its style and its atypical approach have attracted viewers looking for entertainment through failure.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Media outlets like Variety have described the film as &#8220;largely commercial,&#8221; while other publications consider it &#8220;progressively ridiculous.&#8221; <strong>However, the interest it has generated online suggests that, despite the criticism, this work has managed to carve out a space in modern pop culture<\/strong>, becoming a phenomenon of collective discussion about film productions during times of crisis.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Amazon Prime Video\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/c162012f-3d10-436b-a6b5-fde423154d8c\/3464089414\/amazon-prime-video-download-amazon-prime-video.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Amazon Prime Video<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covid-19 lockdown was a critical period for the film industry, where creativity was put to the test and productions had to adapt to health restrictions. 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A movie that went wrong because of COVID Filmed in just 15 days during the lockdown, the film was produced without the presence of director Rich Lee or other actors, the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":347662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1067,5240,16122,16123,2053,10703,2302],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-347661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amazon","tag-covid-19","tag-ice-cube","tag-la-guerra-de-los-mundos","tag-rotten-tomatoes","tag-variety","tag-zoom","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347672,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347661\/revisions\/347672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347661"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=347661"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=347661"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=347661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}