
Pixels(2015)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.


A mother and son find themselves faced with a brutal alien invasion where survival will depend on discovering the unthinkable truth about the enemy.

Arie Thompson
Ashlaya Wellish

William Baldwin
General Skuller

Noel Gugliemi
Tiago
Rashod Freelove
Patlin
Kennedy Porter
Lucas

Emree Franklin
Gwen

Michael Marcel
Jutta

Joseph Michael Harris
Major Stawvak

Andrew Rogers
O'Brivé

Bradford Haynes
Captain Brennen
War of the Worlds: Annihilation is a science fiction, action film released in 2021 exploring themes of alien, extraterrestrial, alien attack, annihilation, world war. Directed by Maximilian Elfeldt, it stars Arie Thompson, William Baldwin, Noel Gugliemi. A mother and son find themselves faced with a brutal alien invasion where survival will depend on discovering the unthinkable truth about the enemy.
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