Independence Day: Resurgence

2016 • 119 minutes

About this movie

Twenty years after mysterious aliens nearly wiped out humankind, they’re back with a vengeance in the explosive sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence! Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth developed a vast defense program to protect the planet. But nothing could prepare us for the next invasion—and only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can save our world from extinction!

Ratings and reviews

Plot was imbecilic bordering on nonsensical. Basic concepts of space, time and physics seemed to be ignored at the expense of explosions. It's difficult to imagine what motivation beyond money led any of the truly awful actors being involved. Didn't expect too much and thought it'd be mindless fun - looks like I've now determined where 'mindless' > 'fun'.

This is terrible. It is a collection of the most over played cliches you can think of, tied together by the most brainless plot imaginable. I want to find something to like, so I will say there is some CGI eye candy, but that is literally it. Time in the movie seems to contract and expand like it is in some freaky alternate dimension and the plot devices are so wildly unbelievable they make the aliens having a Windows compatible system in the original seem plausible.

I was thinking that this might be worth watching, after all, I'd seen the first one. Then I realized, I had already seen it some months ago and totally forgotten about it. That's how memorable this movie is, i.e. it isn't. They should have titled it Independence Day: Regurgence, because all it is, is a bombastic regurgitation of the first movie - and really, the first one wasn't a great movie either. It'll kill an hour or so on a boring afternoon and if that's all you ask of it, then you won't be disappointed (well, maybe you won't, but I wouldn't bet on it)