The sequel to 1996's Independence Day, "Resurgence" had high expectations but fails to deliver on many levels. The plot device of the distress call from the aliens in the original movie is acceptable, but the rest of the film is plagued with poor writing, cheesy performances, and outdated CGI. Jeff Goldblum is the only bright spot in the film, but even his character is limited by one-liners and exaggerated reactions. The main characters, Liam Hemsworth and Jessie T. Usher, lack charisma and fail to make an impact. The story also lacks any tension or emotional depth, and the aliens lack any real threat. The destruction of Asia and London is dismissed with a few one-liners, and the finale with the Queen alien and a school bus is downright ridiculous. The film relies too heavily on nostalgia and fails to live up to the original. The editing is also poor and disrupts any flow the movie tries to create. Overall, Independence Day: Resurgence is a disappointment and a set up for countless sequels.
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La secuela del Día de la Independencia de 1996, "Resurgence" tenía grandes expectativas, pero no cumple en muchos niveles. El dispositivo de la trama de la llamada de socorro de los extraterrestres en la película original es aceptable, pero el resto de la película está plagado de mala escritura, actuaciones cursis y CGI obsoleto. Jeff Goldblum es el único punto brillante de la película, pero incluso su personaje está limitado por frases ingeniosas y reacciones exageradas. Los personajes principales, Liam Hemsworth y Jessie T. Usher, carecen de carisma y no logran impactar. La historia también carece de tensión o profundidad emocional, y los extraterrestres carecen de una amenaza real. La destrucción de Asia y Londres se descarta con algunas frases ingeniosas, y el final con el extraterrestre Queen y un autobús escolar es francamente ridículo. La película se basa demasiado en la nostalgia y no está a la altura del original. La edición también es deficiente e interrumpe cualquier flujo que la película intente crear. En general, Independence Day: Resurgence es una decepción y un escenario para innumerables secuelas.
Independence Day: Resurgence is your basic dumb summer action movie that dose it's job well of entertaining you, but the flaws is something that shouldn't be ignored despite people telling you to ignore them.
The effect's (for the most part) was pretty solid and Jeff Goldblum being the best part of this movie is no surprise. You just can't get enough of the Goldblum, as he always got this welcoming presence to him in every movie he's in. I was never bored while watching the movie and this is the kind of the film that would have been great if it was released in the 90's like the first movie, as this would have fitted right in.
Unfortunately, "Resurgence" misses a lot of the charm and charisma that the first film had, as the squeal is just mindless entertainment and if you enjoy those type of films then you most likely going to like this one. The amount of coincidences that happens in this movie is quite unbelievable, with character's coming across each other by accident or how the problems are solved was way too easy. And it's attempt of humor was a bit awkward and force, but that's mostly because the movie doesn't want to be too dark or serious for audience members, so the humor is thrown in there to lighten up the mood.
Overall rating: "Independence Day: Resurgence" is a sloppy but enjoyable movie that's only mindless fun....kinda like the first movie in a way.
Too many things are going on in this movie. From the squadron's action, the situation in Area 51, Levinson's dad, the romance and subplots. And the movie tries to portray them squarely - although eventually they connect to each other, it makes all the sequences give no importance to the audience other than showing, "hey, this is what this character is doing during this doomsday."
This is a very bad move, as portraying every characters give not enough space to explore more of their persona. It left no room for the audience to relate/empathize with them, and as a disaster flick, this is such a waste because it really makes the human drama feels lackluster. The impending doom is all but menacing: yes, we get to see the world being destroyed by the immensely powerful alien technology, but we don't get to see the terror it gives to the people in the movie. People are screaming, but none are terrified. Not to mention the constant jokes pulled by comic relief characters really take out the seriousness of the damage.
The plot is also predictable and the movie doesn't seem to be shy from showing it blatantly from the start. Especially if you've watched the prequel, you'd know exactly how things will end. The action and dogfight sequence too are also so-so.
Besides the stunning CGIs, there isn't much to be seen from this movie.
It was cool that they brought back almost the entire cast that they could afford, hmm hmm not the most important Will Smith, I bet he missed this movie not because they could not afford him but because the script was horrible. The movie tries to take off 20 years later and earth is a different place, unfortunately all the starts they brought back are actually 20 years older, you barley recognize them there lines are as corner as the first one, and trying to keep with the time "Madam President" she is the worst of them all.
They go so hard to redo the seneca from the first movie, the old president gets wrapped up by the alien and the alien talks thru him, then they all shoot the alien. If you ask me this movie had a better chance if it came out like a year or two after the original with a better story line. The movie was SO bad I could not finish it the first time I saw it, then I gave it another chance and could not finish it the second time.
Do not waste you precious time on this movie its a COMPLETE FLOP, you better off watching "rocky 8"
I saw this film last night in a double bill with the original film. My initial impression (bearing in mind it was past midnight when the second film started and my bed was crying out to me) is that the new film won't be the classic the original was. That could be because I have seen the first film several times and contains numerous scenes etched in the memory.
Nothing seems particularly memorable in the sequel. The younger cast aren't given the time to develop as fully fledged characters. The film rushes into the alien invasion and nobody seems surprised that the aliens are back. The older cast from the original film are fun to see - Pullman, Hirsch and the wonderful Jeff Goldblum. Brent Spiner's irritating scientist also returns, which for me was a downer as I never liked him in the first film. New character Floyd is unlikeable. A new alien race is discovered in a twist that seems silly (although I appreciate we aren't meant to take these films seriously).
The CGI is good but it comes at the expense of character and story. The end leaves the way open for a sequel which may or may not be a good thing.
So it comes down to giving the film a rating which is quite difficult. I need to see the film again when my body and mind are not fighting to shut down for the night. I may have quite a different review. For now I am giving the film a 7. I want to give the film a 6 but I am taking into account my tiredness when watching it. Giving it a 7 is giving it the benefit of doubt that it is a better film than I remember watching. Hey, it may even be worth an 8, and perhaps after countless viewings the film will improve, as did the original.
Review by ds1BlockedParentSpoilers2016-06-29T15:04:44Z
Such a mess of a movie.
I didn' t expect much and haven't watched the trailer before but apparently this movie is focusing on the younger audience only and not on the people who watched the first movie back in the day. It's one of these moments when you realize you get old.
Way too young cast, a dumb plot, so no-one needs to think about anything, degrading this movie to a shut-your-brain-off popcorn flick/time waster you forget instantly after leaving the cinema, clichès as far as the eyes can see, cringe dialogues, incredibly studid decisions by humans and aliens.
Liam Hemsworth is the actor to draw in the young audience and a total miscast for this kind of movie but he fits in with all the other young actors who are out of place as well. But that also means he will be the more or less tragic or cool hero and "win" a gorgeous woman at the end of the movie. How could it be different?
Hemsworth's literally horny sidekick is annoying the moment he appears, throughout the whole movie and is the deliberate comic relief and simply hateable as his character is written so blatantly obvious and without any care. You instantly know what trope his character is and what role he will have the rest of the movie.
You are in the alien ship and he carelessly jumpscares you: haha, how funny!
He's talking loudly, called out on it to be quiet and keeps going being loud, endangering all of them: haha, how funny!
He is fawning over the beautiful, "unreachable" daughter of the chief in command on the moonbase we all know he will get later anyway for no reason other than "we went through this sh*t together": soo original.
Liam Hemsworth is peeing in front of the aliens to distract them: haha, how funny and mature.
...and the aliens even fall for that crap.
The whole movie could only happen in its entirety because of the first major decision that was made for no other reason than plot.
Levinson is some kind of an authority when it comes to aliens but he is ignored to enable the movie when he says not to fire at that spherical spaceship, that looks so difficult to the others and behaves totally different as well. That appearance wasn't even foreshadowing, it was an obvious spoiler to how they would be able to win this time against the aliens and took out any kind of suspense there could have been from the get go.
The movie is predictable all the time and doesn't even try to avoid (or hide) it, ultimately leading to me not being entertained at all.
Recurring actors were all a total waste, except perhaps for Goldblum.
Brent Spiner, who plays Dr. Okun, was additionally unbelievable and simply unnecessary.
Using a poweroff button as sign for the resistance against the aliens was preeeetty lazy as well in the design department.
Easy cash grab movie. I have no doubt the next ID movie will be even worse. Here goes my hope for a good Stargate reboot down the drain. I hoped it would give the franchise a possibility to relaunch a series or so but I heavily doubt that now.
But to not only say negative things about this movie: the CGI effects weren't bad.