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July 9, 2021

At the Movies: In ‘Tomorrow War,' the timeless toll of soldiering

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

The time-traveling “The Tomorrow War,” set largely in an alien apocalypse future, is a kind of throwback.

Summer sci-fi spectacles like this — a sprawling, slightly sloppy, sometimes serious, often knowingly ridiculous extravaganza — aren't quite the regular commodity they once were. “The Tomorrow War” isn't as silly as Will Smith's “Independence Day,” but, just the same, it's Chris Pratt's chance to punch some aliens.


 
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