The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for Best Sound. [4] A sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, was released 20 years later on June 24, 2016, as part of a planned series of films. The sequel received generally negative reviews and failed to match the commercial success of the first film. In "Independence Day: Resurgence", set and finally released 20 years after the events of the first film, the aliens get medieval on us with an even bigger mothership. Independence Day: Resurgence runs 120 minutes and is Rated PG - 13 for sequences of sci-fi action and destruction, and for some language. Now playing in regular, 3D, and 3D IMAX theaters. Two decades after the lovable original hit the big screen, Independence Day is back with its resurgence and with it, a new look, feel and characters. Independence Day: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell. The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive. Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Independence Day on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today! Twenty years on, the aliens are back in Independence Day: Resurgence. Head to Empire Online for our verdict on the sequel. “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the sequel you probably didn’t want or need to the 1996 smash-hit blockbuster “ Independence Day,” is all about the spectacle. And yes, all massive summer disaster pictures are like that—especially when they come from director Roland Emmerich, returning from the original “Independence Day.” Independence Day: Resurgence: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Jessie T. Usher, Bill Pullman. Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough? Independence Day is a typical Roland Emmerich movie. Epic, beautiful in the trailer, but at the same time with an idiotic plot. There is not a bad cast here, a unique alien invasion of some kind. But the stupidity of the plot and the delusivity of the final battle only finally spoil the opinion of the film. Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Independence Day: Resurgence on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today! The best shot in “Independence Day” is one of the first ones, of a vast shadow falling across the lunar surface. Visitors have arrived from beyond the solar system, and soon their presence is detected in our skies. Their ship is pretty big: “One- fourth the size of the moon!” a scientist gasps, and although an object that size in near-Earth orbit might be expected to cause tidal waves 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 extinct Not available in your country? With a dreadful screenplay and nothing new when it comes to special effects ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ ends up being one of the biggest disappointments of 2016. Full Review | Original Independence Day (also known as ID and ID4) is a franchise of American science fiction action films that started with Independence Day in 1996, which was followed by the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence in 2016. Review: ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Will Make You Wish Humanity Would Just Give Up 1996's biggest blockbuster has begat 2016's worst sequel. Independence Day: Resurgence is a 2016 American science fiction action film co-written, directed, and co-produced by Roland Emmerich and co-written and co-produced by Dean Devlin, serving as a sequel to Independence Day (1996). All you really need to know about this sequel to the 1996 smash hit is that it took multiple men to cook up this pottage, which hinges on humanity battling aliens. Can it really be 20 years since Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day cast a literal and figurative shadow across (Mr) Clinton’s America? It can. That was an era when a snoozy nation still felt Uninspired sequel is dull despite big sci-fi battles. Read Common Sense Media's Independence Day: Resurgence review, age rating, and parents guide.
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