This movie will be enjoyed best by 13-16 year old boys. Its a children's movie.
Its 100m$ on CGI and 1000$ on script and story. You can guess the whole movie from the first 5 minutes, it has all the worst used up cliche's in the book.
The first movie made much more sense from the actions the characters took. Here, they're all idiots (humans and aliens).
If you choose to watch it, expect only normal level of GFX and nothing else. If you're looking for gripping storytale - move along sir, nothing to see here.
barely 5/10.
Well, I don't know why everyone is hating this movie so much. In my opinion, this is quite a good sequel, especially since it accounts for the 20 years inbetween the first and the second movie. And they managed to bring a lot of the original cast back.
I dunno everybody's problem, I loved it and can't wait for ID3!!! #ShiftvW8
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in the original movie is acceptable, but the rest of the film is plagued with poor writing, cheesy performances, and outdated CGI.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.
Yet another movie where the story and actors are just good enough to justify my enthusiasm for the special effects. Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, and Brent Spiner expand their characters some, while the new members of the cast make little to no impression.
I like the overall story and the setup for a third film. I guess there is enough of an ending here that I'm not pissed off at the movie's true lack of a conclusion like I was after "Prometheus" or after "Back To The Future Part 2" years ago.
The scale of the alien ship is ridiculous. I couldn't stop thinking about how the ship's massive size wouldn't alter the Earth's rotation or cause extreme seismic shifts or something. C'mon, it lands on the Earth like a big bug and covers the entire Atlantic Ocean! Then again, I'm totally okay with the silliness of a Queen-bee alien the size of Godzilla. I'm contradicting myself. Is it cool or dumb? Can it be both?
Actually, the more I think about it, the more fun it gets.
Ugh. What a terrible movie. They could have done so much with this sequel, but instead went with a nonsense story, horrible acting, bad casting, and awful dialogue. I really liked the first one, so despite the bad reviews, I wanted to enjoy this movie. They made that impossible. Nothing but CGI effects that don't blow us away anymore, and paper thin characters doing idiotic things. What a waste.
2 hours of pain likened to going to the dentist & having your teeth pulled with rusty pliers!,I'll start by saying Independence day:Resurgence is BAD very very BAD,it's one of those movies where the director Roland Emmerich cared more about how much crappy CGI he could cram into a 2 hour movie & couldn't have cared less about 1) The Script 2) The characters who by the way i wanted each & every one of them destroyed by the Harvesters! Also the fact they wasted a reputed $155 million on this movie is just sickening, This movie failed miserably where Independence Day flourished with Character development,we cared about Capt' Steven Hillard mainly because it was Will Smith because lets face it thats why so many people like the movie apart from the then ground breaking SFX but this movie was just plain dull & disjointed i could go on & on about just how bad this movie is but im depressing myself!! So to sum up if you want to watch a great sci-fi movie & got a couple of hours spare just watch Will Smith in Independence Day again
The second coming of independence day is terrible. 90% bad story telling. 63% we need more CGI. 39% characters I don‘t care. This makes 192% of 100% in the kackehaufen skala.
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.
This was terrible.
Typical kids movie cliches:
Everyone is a damn hero
Last second escapes
Witty one liners all day every day during extremely stressful situations
Pointless love story
Irrational actions that never go wrong
What started off as a really neat concept which was in the future (present), the alien technology was adapted and used by humams was quickly doused by the cheesiness and predictability of the movie. Everyone sounds tired, the new characters are all boring and the added sense of urgency was way too over the top. I do enjoy the original, mainly because of how it is quite silly but still entertaining, this one tries to hard to tug at the heart strings, a shame really because I enjoyed the first 5-10 minutes immensely.
I still can't believe they made this. Very poor replica of the first one.
So the purpose of creating this is to introduce a franchise I see.
This truly is as bad as everyone says it is.
The first ID:4 was a really good movie and I always thought the story wasn´t finished and there is a sequel in it. Now that they´ve done it I wish they hadn´t.
There must be some kind of script software out there called "Generic Movie Script Maker - Just add genre" What a crying shame.
Well... That was underwhelming to say the least :\
I'm feeling generous giving it a rating of 4, but it would've been lower if it wasn't for the CGI, which was maybe the only good thing about it.
It's been maybe 15 years now since I last saw the original movie as a kid, so I'm probably a little nostalgic about it, but it surely must've been a lot better than this, right?
There's clichéd, and then there's taking the piss.
Hollywood must really be desperate for content. This film took what was a campy, fun movie and turned it into a sequel that is a fatuous, dull roll in an algea-contaminated hog's wallow.
When Will Smith wouldn't be involved, it should have told the studios all they needed to know before spending millions of dollars on this effort. Smith would have filled the role of President quite exceptionally, allowing the script to hang much of the plot off his prensence in an altered role.
Instead, like the first film, the cast is made up of B actors, who, unfortunately, give a D-quality performance working with a 0-percent script seemingly written by high school students in the after-school Movie Club.
Only watch this film on a sick day while being coked to the gills on Nyquil.
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.
I was a fan of the first movie, I am a big fan of Roland Emmerich, however this is a mess, really bad script, and it is a total cash in of a movie, nothing like the original, such a disappointment.
Havent watched the movie but my guess is that humans will win and Liam aka Jake Morrison will be thought dead but will not be and gets to kiss a super hot actress... But im still curious about it :D
What a great continuation of independence day..was worth waiting for
This HAS to be the WORST movie I've seen in a long time. Acting is horrendous. The plot is ridiculous. CGI is obvious. No character development. Events are predictable. Plot has more holes than swiss cheese. Don't waste your time watching this garbage.
Much better than the movie snobs say. Enjoyable alien flick.
(Written July 4) 2/3 of my Forget the Fourth marathon. This movie was okay, sure my eyes hurt from rolling at all the ridiculously corny lines and ways they "called back" (aka "redid") stuff from the first one. But what drops this down to dislike is the offensive amount of green screen in it. Just atrocious. I know what you're thinking, it's gotta be green screen for the action that's par for the course these days. Nope, I'm talking about green screening almost every scene of people just talking in a room. It was AD season 4 level of green screening. I felt like I was watching the most expensive episode of Battlestar Galactica ever made. Except this wasn't a Syfy show it was a friggin huge budget summer blockbuster. Seriously watch this movie and watch your jaw drop as the green screen the backdrop of Pullman redoing his big speech. Honestly you couldn't afford some extras in flight gear standing in a hangar?! Really?!!? It's a joke. The backgrounds look like generic background movement shot for Star Tours at Disneyland or during a Patrick Warburton intro to Soarin California. Arghhhhh was this frustrating. So mad.
We had 20 years to prepare for this ...... And that's all we got? They really shouldn't have bothered to make this film. Was just a mess with cringe worthy lines and acting. 2/10.
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"
in 4Dx cinema it was great, because the effects, the smoke, and moving chairs... the story is not that big "uhh", but all together I really enjoyed it, as I had not much expectations ;-)
And another comment w/ spoilers -
Why the hell did the queen leave the mothership? She has the largest fcking weapon ever, its almost bigger than earth, and she goes alone! the most important individual runs off to the front line !! Thats the dumbest military move someone has ever made.
(Don't tell me the ship had to drill. they could have done it after they got that tennis ball).
And if you, the Queen, already decided to leave- why the fck do you care about a stupid school bus?!?!?! chasing it for 2 hours!!?? Just go and do what you came to do !! damn that's stupid..
(And if you already took the bait - get the hell out of there!)
Good for you W. Smith not joining this LoL of a movie (even though it's coz they didn't offer you enough money, and not coz of creative differences).
This movie will hopefully be good..
Hokum... and it so pisses me off with its American stance. If I were the Independence creatures, I'd want to wipe the humans off the earth.
Mindless, lacks substance. You don't really give a shit about anyone but hey the 2 hours flew by.
I don’t know if there anything I can possibly say that hasn’t already been said on how horrible this movie was. This movie didn’t even have the same feel to it as the first one did. This should of just been a completely different movie with a completely different name. I could go forever, but I just going to leave it at that.
The idea is good, the execution is horrible. The casting is so bad. I wished if it was good, and I hope part 3 won't be as bad as this one.
There were special effects, there were aliens, the heroes of the previous action too, but there wasn't just a little idea what to do with it. And a minor slasher with aliens came out. ;)
This is so, so bad. I cannot wait to give it a 1 or 2 out of 10 rating. It truly is painful
more like regurgitation.
very weak overall.
a movie to leave.on in the background for some white noise.
pity could have made a deeper movie with more staying power and potential for other movies.
for the second time, the best part of the movie was the storyline with the people in the car driving. most interesting thing ever
edit: it's kinda like ads on a program you're not interested in; the ads are more interesting than the actual program lol
The aliens are back for round 2 in Independence Day: Resurgence. Twenty years after their failed invasion aliens return to Earth, but this time with a single command ship intent on drilling into the planet’s crust to extract its molten core; meanwhile humanity attempts to mount a counterattack after its planetary defense system fails. It’s a ridiculous plot and is cluttered with superfluous characters. But despite the sloppy writing, Roland Emmerich delivers some extraordinary action sequences that are incredibly exciting. It doesn’t live up to the original, but as a big-budget disaster film, Independence Day: Resurgence is entertaining and fun.
This is a good sequel and I enjoyed it very much. Great family movie. I hope they do another one to continue the saga...
Also.... HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!! :ok_hand_tone2:
I wasn't a fan of the original, but the sequel is much worse. It is extremely boring. I hung in until the end, but barely.
They probably should have waited until Will Smith was available. His character was the best pilot. Yet, he was killed off screen during an alien ship test run ?
Great movie but missed the last 15 minutes just as the queens head hit the ground.
It's not bad, but it did not beat the first independence day
Muito legal, várias regências ao filme anterior, uma sequência com sentido!
My main problem with this movie is that Will Smith is not in it. Without him it feels like a remake/reboot, not a sequel. Despire the effects and stuff it's just nah.
and i thought the first one was bad ....this is shocking
Pretty decent, doesnt have the magic of the first one. Will Smith would not have made this movie better either...its ok, I may watch again some year lol
This one is really bad.
Just keep it to Part one and use your imagination for part two..
You'll be better off!
Worste movie of alien ever, only CGI was good, im thinking, WHY ONLY 3 PPL TRY TO KILL THE QUEEN? WHERE IS THE TTHER HUMAN ON EARTH?????? bad bad bad 1/10 dont see this only for kids!
Well....10 for effects and cast, 4 for the poor story development...at the end 7, enjoyable movie to be seen with children.
I really wish I had not listened to the critics and had gone to see this on the big screen, because this movie was great fun and not rubbish! Indeed, Brent Spiner was excellent... just stunning special effects and surround sounds... loads of nice nods to the original... loving the new Alien technology... funny, interesting, exciting... I really don't understand what the critics didn't get. It was exactly what the director wanted. If you like well done, entertaining action, watch this... preferably on the biggest damn screen you can and crank the volume up loud! 7.5/10
Not as good as the first and maybe a little too rehashed and unoriginal in important places, but I still liked it quite a bit. It feels like it belongs in the franchise - and that, perhaps, is the most important element. I don't know if they'll ever make the third, and I don't think it's necessary either, but if they do... I'll be right there to watch it.
WEAK. DID NOT ENJOY ONE BIT
I feel like this movie tried so hard, I mean too hard. Forced diversity, forced humor that is barely even funny, ofc none of the main casts died, acting was worse, come on who casted these people? tsk tsk. the alien queen looks like a combo of the predator and the alien (ya know from the alien movie?) that school bus was like a school tour/trip for the kids watching aliens get pwned. I think this is a good movie to hate-watch. lol
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i dont know what to say,after first one you kinda expect some more even that they now have some aliens tech but no! the scenario was very very similar to the first one.i sure hope if there's a third one it better be good.
Nice to watch, but spending a lot of money for this? No, its definitely not good.
Not a patch on the original. Bored half way through, shouldn't have bothered.
This reminded me of a (bad) China movie with added western actors. Maybe China trying to compete with Hollywood? In any case it was terrible.
hmm....
A lot of CGI and weak storyline and on top of all that some questionable actors.
You really have to be a big fan of this genre to give it a thumbs up.
Makes the first one look like a masterpiece!
Wow. People are haters! I liked it. Was it predictable? Yes. But it's a sequel from 20 years ago! I loved the nostalgic parts! I enjoyed the new cast for the most part. The CGI was good. It's your typical Sci-Fi summer movie flick. But I guess I'm just easy to please. I'm kind of hoping with the way that it ended that they make a third one.
This was my second movie of the afternoon at Dartmouth Crossing Cineplex. I have a double confession: 1) I went to it because the start time worked with the "let out" time of Tarzan movie and 2) I haven't seen the first Independence Day movie (I wasn't interested in disaster movies 20 years ago). It was good to see some actors that I hadn't seen much of in 20 years, as well as some shining stars of the moment. The movie was true to its genre - big action with no surprises as to who would win and why. I'm thinking the "why" of this film was broadened from the flag waving of the first movie, which was nice for this Canadian, and the set up for the a sequel seems to point to a universal 'Hoo-rah!". There were some nice small moments. I gave it a 7 out of 10, and wouldn't bother to see it on anything less than a big theatrical screen.
Data, Brent Spinner! Loved him in this movie. This was the best sci-fi, war movie in 20 years. The first 45 minutes were rough as the characters were developed. The lack of Will Smith cost about 100 million at the box office. But the action and geeky sci fi kept me glued to the screen. Draining the lizard and giving the bird to the aliens was perfect, sorta like a Will Smith tribute. And the ending, that was brilliant. I can't wait to see us "kick some serious alien butt."
the part not attack this better than attack, they do everything bigger but not better than one, but I entertained
Just saw it. Well...I expected more, much more. I don't want to give spoilers here so no big comment. I just want to say there are too many stupidities I can't even count them and it's bad for movie like that. It's the shame. It could be hell of a movie but it's the average sci-fi movie you won't probably don't want to see again. The first ID4 was great. This one is average.
Not too bad. It's a sequel so it doesn't exactly tread new ground, but it's got a lot of the spirit of the original. Kind of weird to see some of the actors again after 20 years, but also weird to see some of the same characters played by different actors. I really missed Will Smith, but considering how they used the original characters in the sequel, not sure what they would have done with him that would have paid tribute to his role in the original. HOWEVER, the reason they gave in the movie for his absence was pretty lame.
If you liked Independence Day, you should go see this. It's got great visuals and I liked the notes of humor they used to lighten the tension. But you pretty much HAVE TO see the first movie or this is just another generic, post-apocalyptic, earth-vs-aliens movie.
Not a perfect movie but much more enjoyable than I feared it would be.
The movie isn't bad but by the end it just felt like Independence Day Kids. Where it's just about introducing all new young heroes with two of them children of characters from the original. With some of the new additions kind of annoying.Otherwise Independence Day: Resurgence wasn't that bad and made a pretty good popcorn flick. Some would say Roland Emmerich is a worse director than Michael Bay but I think his direction wasn't too bad here at all. I just don't think it will go on to be as memorable as the first though 20 years from now. There is some fun though and nice visuals so I would recommend it anyway.
Unnecessary sequel almost a copycat of the first movie. Nothing new just a rerun with some better visuals
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.