世界之战

OurfocushereisonattractivecoupleGeorge(RafeSpall)andAmy(EleanorTomlinson).NewlyarrivedinWoking,theLondonEveningGazettejournalistandamateurscientisthopetheirnewsurroundingswillhelpthemfindpeace.George'sdecisiontoleavealovelessmarriagewithhiscousinLucyfortheeducatedAmyhasseenhimshunnedpolitesocietyandestrangedfromhisfamily.Evenhisformerlyclosebrother,Frederick(RupertGraves),agovernmentofficial,nowhasnotimeforhissibling."Thisisaselfish,cruelpursuitthatcannothelpbutbringforththemostunpleasantconsequences,"hehisses.However,whensixtrawlersmysteriouslydisappearoffthecoastofHull,it'scleartheyareallfacingfarbiggerproblems.Atfirst,theBritishgovernmentblametheRussiannavy,butthen"meteorites"beginlandingaroundthecountryside.OneofthemblazesatrailthroughHorsellCommon,arousingtheinterestofbothAmyandlocalastronomerOgilvy(RobertCarlyle).Aslocalsbegingatheringtogawkatthespacedebris,somethingstrangebeginstounfold.Themeteoriterises,emittingaheatraythatkillseveryoneittouches.Naturally,panicensuesandthegovernment'sinitialattemptstodownplaytheeventquicklyfallawayasmoreandmorereportsofsimilarincidentsacrossthelandein.Itisthough,onlythebeginning.