2Its clock, and the show’s

First talked about in episode 2, 2 months before its release.

Release Film Gamed Maher Mosly An episode that discusses it (press to play)

3What critics and audiences made of it

These are other people’s scores, not Mahmoud’s or Maher’s. Theirs is in the episode.

6.6/10

IMDb users258.8k votes

6.6: higher than 31% of the 406 titles Harvesting discussed. It ranks 257th.

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4What it cost, what it made

It made back only 7% of its budget at the box office.

Budget $200M #21

Box office $14M #179

TMDB figures in US dollars, worldwide, not adjusted for inflation. # = its place among the archive’s films. Each notch on the bar is one whole budget.

208 films from Harvesting: budget against box office

5Who’s in it

Director Chris McKay
Writer Zach Dean also The Gorge
Music Lorne Balfe also Black Widow The Wheel of Time Ambulance
Cinematography Larry Fong also Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Editor Roger Barton
Editor Garret Elkins

+3 Chris Pratt Dan Forester
Yvonne Strahovski Colonel Muri Forester
+4 J.K. Simmons James Forester
+1 Betty Gilpin Emmy Forester
Sam Richardson Charlie
Edwin Hodge Dorian
Jasmine Mathews Lt. Hart
+1 Ryan Kiera Armstrong Young Muri Forester

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6Where to watch it

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

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Watch data by JustWatch, via TMDB, as of 21 October 2026.

7The index card

The Tomorrow War· 2021

The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist and his estranged father in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.

time travelglobal warmingglacieralienalien invasionmilitaryfuture warfather son reunionhope for futurechanging the past or futuremessage from the futurefather son relationshipfather daughter relationshipworld war

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Released: 3 September 2021
Runtime: 2h 18m
Status: Released
Certificate: US PG-13
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Language: English
Country: United States
Studios: Skydance Media, Phantom Four, Lit Entertainment Group

8If you liked it

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