"Independence Day: Resurgence" is a dull, brainless sequel, representing how sadly major studio film quality has declined in the intervening two decades. And how gullible the makers think audiences have become.
Independence Day: Resurgence
We had twenty years to prepare. So did they.
2016 · 2h · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Roland Emmerich
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Overview
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Director and cast
- Roland Emmerich Director
- Liam Hemsworth as Jake Morrison
- Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson
- Jessie T. Usher as Dylan Hiller
- Bill Pullman as President Whitmore
- Maika Monroe as Patricia Whitmore
- Travis Tope as Charlie Miller
- Angelababy as Rain Lao
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Dr. Catherine Marceaux
- Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson
- William Fichtner as General Adams
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Moreover, the movie keeps announcing over and over exactly how much time is left before the world gets destroyed. In practical terms, that simply reminds the audience that this two-hour exercise feels like a pretty long sit, despite its frenetic pacing.
The first "Independence Day" had the gratifying slap of good pop cinema, harmless and weightless; the follow-up is twice as big and half as fun.
The temptation is there to say that Independence Day: Resurgence tarnishes the image of its predecessor but the original Independence Day wasn't all that good to begin with.
It's a non-movie, an insult to the blockbuster genre, and should stand only as a perfect example of Hollywood's more glaring deficiencies as an industry.
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