Review of Independence Day: Resurgence
Revue of Independence Day: Resurgence
Revue of Independence Day: Resurgence
Initial Release Date: June 24, 2016
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Fantasy
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
20 Years after the release of the iconic movie Independence Day, Roland Emmerich returns with a sequel, but this time there is no Will Smith.
As Independence Day approaches, the world is threatened by yet another alien invasion by the same aliens who apparently didn’t learn their lessons the first time. However, in the intervening 20 years since the last invasion, the humans have exploited the alien technology acquired to improve our own arsenal, but then so have the aliens. The humans rely on an elite team of pilots including Liam Hemsworth (Jake), and Jesse Usher (Will Smith’s Character’s Son) to save the world.
Let me ask a question; what made Independence Day one of the best movies of 1996 and one of the best alien movies of all times? Was it the visual effects, the plot or the characters? As a matter of fact, it was all of the three. So which of these three recurred in this sequel? Expectedly, the CGI was absolutely splendid, but that was basically all that was great in the movie. I boldly state that the charisma and wit of Will Smith in the first installment made it one of the redefining movies of that genre. However, even with the injection of the old timers like Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Vivica Fox and my favorite mad scientist (Dr Okun), the movie lacked any real character or depth.
The movie did take its time before it got going and I must say that the plot leaves much to be desired and the characters lacked any real charisma and were very forgettable. I asked myself if Will Smith could have made it any better, but my conclusion is that no one could have saved this movie. Truthfully, the only fun part for me was the battle with the queen of the alien hive; that scene was really exciting and the splendid CGI made it really immersive.
Unfortunately, Independence Day, to me was more like Independence Nay and earns 5.7/10 on my awesome-o-meter. I do hope that they don’t do another installment because this was a steep fall from the standard set by the first one. But then, I think it will make for a good TV series.
The aliens and the humans had 20 years to prepare, but from the lack of depth of this movie, I think the producers had only 2 weeks to come up with this. You don’t agree with me, feel free to drop in a word on Twitter or on Facebook
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Piss out!
The Maveriq
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