15 Years Later, This Forgotten Sci-Fi War Movie Is Perfect for ‘War Machine’ Fans

While audiences flock to Alan Ritchson‘s new Netflix movie War Machine, it seems like another military sci-fi title is attracting the spillover viewers. War Machine opened to mostly positive reviews last week, and promptly claimed the Netflix streaming crown. It remains the streamer’s most-watched title globally, thanks mainly to Ritchson’s stature — both literal and metaphorical — as a streaming star. The film combined the gritty realism of Black Hawk Down with the large-scale sci-fi thrills of Independence Day, which could also describe a film released 15 years earlier. The movie in question earned poor reviews and drew particular ire from the late Roger Ebert. But it is now regaining steam on home video.