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Top Movies - Independence Day: Resurgence Movie Review (Spoiler Free) - Movie Reviews Sites
article2016 Reviews,We have waited two century for this sequel and now it is here. The question though is if humanity is ready for a second alien attack and if we, the viewers, will survive it?
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie T. Usher, Maika Monroe, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Angelababy, Deobia Oparei, Travis Tope, Nicolas Wright, William Fichtner & Sela Ward.
Run Time: 120 min.
US Release: 24 June 2016
UK Release: 23 June 2016
German Release: 14 July 2016
If you read my review for Independence Day, you will know how big that summer blockbuster influenced my perception of filmmaking and how much I adore this movie! It was the epitome of coolness back when it came out in my childhood and I remember how everybody in school was talking about it. So I was naturally pumped when I heard that the sequel was finally happening since there were rumours of a second ID-4 around for years. What really got me excited for this action sci-fi spectacle was the fact that most actors were coming back to reprise their roles.
Sadly, Independence Day: Resurgence is not how I’d hoped it turn out to be, but merely a shadow of the original’s grandness. It managed to disappoint at nearly every level and left me pondering over what I just saw and how it could have been possible to mock it up so bad. The only answer I found plausible was the same one I came up with for Zoolander No.2! Sequels after such a longer period of time lose their connectivity to the first film.
Twenty years after the first alien invasion Earth managed to recuperate from the catastrophic events that nearly annihilated the planet, and humans integrated alien technology to their own technological advancements. David Levinson (Goldblum) is now director of Area 51 and travelling through Africa, to investigate the only landed spacecraft of the 1996 invasion. While mean, Dylan Hiller (Usher) is stepping into his father's shoes (played back then by Will Smith) as an air force pilot and Patricia Whitmore (Monroe), former President Whitmore’s daughter, is the assistant to the US President and engaged to Hiller’s wingman Jake Morrison (Hemsworth). During the celebration of the alien’s defeat, a new spacecraft appears threatening the human species anew.
What made Independence Day so great was the fact that it did not take itself seriously and new what a silly apocalyptic premise it was. Nevertheless, it has a big entertaining value and managed to stand the test of time. Resurgence, on the other hand, took itself way too serious, remarking the over the top and silly sequences as dialogues from characters. The plot didn’t add anything new to the narrative, but just rehashed most of the original’s story and missed on some big opportunities to tell an interesting story, and this is the biggest flaw of this blockbuster. It tries to revive the 1996 original, with bigger and more devastating visuals but it does not have the charm and soul of it!
There is a second narrative concerning another alien I could not have cared less about and thought that Emmerich’s biggest missed opportunity was by passing on the African’s tribe subplot of battling the aliens and how this affected them psychologically. Also, while ID-4 managed to intertwine several storylines into one, this sequel had a hard time coping with too many narratives, while the cheap cliffhanger set up the third film.
It did have a few positive aspects, though, such as the return of familiar characters and seeing how they evolved along those years.
Jeff Goldblum returns as David Levinson, being the best part of this film since he was the only one who enjoyed himself! The character still has his funny one-liners and his intellect, but there had been a couple unanswered questions that made me scratch my head, such as David’s wife missing for no explanation whatsoever, even though it was one of the core relationships in ID-4. Judd Hirsch also reprises his persona as Julius Levinson, David’s father, but both seem to have had some kind of fallout, which is also not explained. A shame, because their relationship and mutual respect in the original was an aspect I loved.
Jessie T. Usher plays Dylan Hiller and tried to replace Will Smith, but gave an awful and very one-dimensional rendition of Captain Steven Hiller’s son. He had none of the charisma and “fun” that Will Smith had given the original. Liam Hemsworth, though, understood that this should have been a fun and mindless blockbuster, trying to mimic Smith’s character, and was an OK addition to the cast. The only negative thing I have to say about his rendition, is that he was a little bit too over the top at times.
Brent Spiner is surprisingly back as Dr. Okun and “revealed” to be gay and in a relationship with John Storey’s Dr. Isaac. Sadly these two don’t get to display their emotions. In fact, it is barely noticeable that they play a homosexual couple. The character I hated the most though was the idiotic Floyd Rosenberg, portrayed by Nicolas Wright.
The only thing I did not have a big issue with was the cinematography and effects. The computer-generated imagery looked great, even though the production team mostly cluttered the screen by adding too many things, happening at the same time. The only issues I had with the effects were the ridiculous 6 feet tall alien queen, which looked outside of her exo-suit completely different to the rest of the aliens, as well as the huge new spaceship that covered over 3 quarters of the world’s hemisphere. A spaceship that big would not be able to land on Earth as it did in the movie, or possibly destroy our planet by trying.
Verdict: Roland Emmerich is either losing his touch, or his era has simply passed. What is a fact is that Resurgence is nothing but a mere crapfest of a sequel, compared to the fantastic ‘96 colossus of a blockbuster. This movie suffered from an overcrowded cast that was too big for its own good and made the story suffer immensely. It had no spirit compared to the first film and took itself way too serious, most of the cast in it were either just trying to have fun or gave one-dimensional portrayals of their characters. My biggest issue with Independence Day: Resurgence, though, was the fact that it was trying to be more than the original, including oversized spaceships and aliens. I will give this sequel a 4 out of 10.
Have you seen Independence Day Resurgence yet? If you did let me know what you thought and if you agree with me. Thank you so much for reading my review and if you enjoyed reading it, make sure to share and like it. My next review will follow tomorrow, so keep an eye out!
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