the film start off in a parallel fashion to the famous orson well radio drama of 1938 while open with ordinary programming and which be then cut in upon by a brief news bulletin that report of meteor have strike the earth and in three country represent france and china and and the usa . after that and this story diverge from the war of the world and but bear some similarity . it be a fun idea to mix actor and actual newscaster represent sander vanocur be the anchorman follow the rapidly unfolding story and and handle the increase level of tension in the script pretty well . bree walker also succeed in blend her journalistic talent with drama . the mystery be effectively spooky and and this be and after all and like the radio play and an effort to say boo . on halloween . the interview with people speculate on what be go on be just what you would expect if such a scenario be real . the interview with arthur c. clarke be intelligent and even fact find . the newscaster advance on the site of the meteor impact be a good touch . loud whine from the crater and burn survivor speak in strange tongue and and the disappearance of two air force pilot represent some eerily cool stuff . my favorite be the faith and wyoming sequence . this scene and be masterful in it simplicity . the narration by the newscaster describe the bizarre and inexplicable event there be a highlight of the sinister tone of the movie event . the movie start to run out of gas in the latter stage and resort to some clichés . this may be owe to the fact it have do such an immense buildup in it realistic news cast depiction and that it have to resolve the story in the bombastic way it do . there be some dialouge that nobody would say in the context of what transpire . even with the flaw and a good premise and skillfully execute . a fun and deliciously eerie movie .