Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of July, they are watching mockbusters.

In 2005, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi epic War of the Worlds hit theaters. One day before that film hit theaters, The Asylum released this direct-to-DVD version of H.G. Wells’ story starring C. Thomas Howell and Jake Busey.

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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