The War of the Worlds

Britain is on the brink of war, and its citizens look forward to a victory that (according to them) they will win.

George and Amy live in a small town, because they consider themselves outcasts: George left his unloved wife for Amy, with whom they have much in common. Their neighbor, a local astronomer observes Mars periodic outbreaks and takes them for a volcanic eruption. In the morning near the town drops a giant meteorite. The astronomer goes to examine him and invites him to Amy. Later they can be connected to another group led by astronomer from London. The meteorite begins to rise into the air and apart, being around people ignite. Later, from under the meteorite appears a giant fighting machine-tripod. She goes to town destroying people and the spraying of poisonous black smoke.

George and Amy trying to hide in his house, but the tripod destroys it. Amy George are separated, agreeing to meet his brother Fred in London. Amy arrives at the agreed place, but George finds there. She tells his brother that she is pregnant.

George survives, but circumstances do not allow him to date Amy. She at this time is experiencing an attack of Martians on London, hiding with his brother George in the tunnels under the city. Fred accompanies her to the shore, hoping to be evacuated by sea with other women and children. There they meet George and subjected to another attack tripods, after which hiding out in an abandoned building together with the chosen girl on the shore and typhus cases a woman. They see the aliens, who are selected from their tripods. The sick woman, and Fred die, the aliens eat their corpses. Shortly thereafter, one of the creatures shows signs of illness and dying. Amy and George are locked in a nearby building, trying to wait the death of the last Martian and hoping to escape after that. George is ill with typhoid fever and decides to sacrifice herself so that Amy could be saved.

Future. The land gradually turns into Mars, people are starving and choking in the red dust. Martian weed has turned the earth into a barren wasteland. Amy is raising her eight-year-old child. A local pastor tells Amy that there are survivors from the same town as her. It turns out her friend is an astronomer. She tells him how he was saved from the aliens. Astronomer maps the story of Amy with the fact that the only fertile soil is at a local cemetery. They realize that earthly illness detrimental to the Martians and may be able to destroy the weeds. The astronomer decides to take the blood of sick people to confirm his theory. Amy offers to take the blood of his sick son. The experiment fails: the Martian weeds perish and in their place the first time in many years, they have a Bush tomato.

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