Fast paced, intense, anxiety driven, remake, took our present day "real alien threat" more seriously as they use CGI to show machines with 'biologics' feeding off our data centers, essentially wiping out our information and intelligence infrastructure. Acting wasn't bad, for 'B' movie, good that it wasn't a long movie, but it did reveal that oftentimes, truth is Stranger Than Fiction, regardless of how much its being exaggerated for entertainment purposes. This film had me on the edge of seat every minute. So it had the panic factor, despite some cheesy B movie stuff in keeping with the original War of the Worlds. It served its purpose by delivering a very real relevant threat about AI mixed with biologics. DNA was the answer and the antidote.