Independence Day: Resurgence
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- Writer: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich; Carter Blanchard
- Producer: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
CGiii Comment
$165 million and not a cent spent on the script.
An erratic, error-laden extravaganza that defies even the thinnest tissue of credibility...
Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood...your blockbuster template is in need of a critical and urgent review. Your policy on sequels needs to be scrapped.
The story is no different from the orginal film...nasty aliens vs the US military might...with some sloppy soppiness, cringing comedy, pitiful patriotism and an old gay couple thrown in for no good reason whatsoever...other than to pad this howler out to 120 minutes.
The glaring mistakes will dispatch the sci-fi afficionados into a mass suicidal leap from the tallest cliff. The rest of us will accept that we have just squandered valuable time and precious money...without recompense.
It may not be the worst film ever made...but, it certainly is the worst sequel in living memory.
Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood...you cannot keep taking your audiences for granted.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
We always knew they were coming back. After 'Independence Day' redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. 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.
Cast & Characters
Joey King as Sam;
Maika Monroe as Patricia Whitmore;
Liam Hemsworth as Jake Morrison;
Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson;
Bill Pullman as President Whitmore;
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Dr. Catherine Marceaux;
William Fichtner as General Adams;
Vivica A. Fox as Jasmine;
Angelababy as Rain;
Sela Ward as President Lanford;
Brent Spiner as Dr. Brakish Okun;
Jessie Usher as Dylan Hiller;
Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson;
Gbenga Akinnagbe as Agent Matthew Travis;
Grace Huang as Lin Tang