Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
- spacecraft
- government
- panic
- extraterrestrial technology
- ultimatum
- evacuation
- tank
- alien
- remake
- ufo
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kathy Bates — Regina Jackson
- John Cleese — Professor Barnhardt
- Kyle Chandler — John Driscoll
- Robert Knepper — Colonel
- Brandon T. Jackson — Target Tech
- James Hong — Mr. Wu
- Jake McLaughlin — Soldier
- John Rothman — Dr. Myron
- Sunita Prasad — Rouhani
- Juan Riedinger — William Kwan
- Sam Gilroy — Tom
- Directed
- Scott Derrickson
- Written
- David Scarpa
Production
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 3,833 ratings
- Studio
- Dune Entertainment III, Earth Canada Productions, Hammerhead Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, 20th Century Fox
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
