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As the Fourth of July nears, satellite engineer David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) investigates a 3,000-mile-wide mother ship that's approaching Earth. Fortunately, 20 years earlier, nations across the world started to use recovered extraterrestrial technology to develop an immense defense program. When the alien invaders attack with unprecedented force, the U.S. president, teams of scientists and brave fighter pilots spring into action to save the planet from a seemingly invincible enemy.

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It's undeniably visually impressive, but like its predecessor, Independence Day: Resurgence lacks enough emotional heft to support its end-of-the-world narrative stakes.

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Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com The characters and their travails rarely, if ever, connect, and as such Independence Day: Resurgence is a handsomely produced, energetically paced waste of time that arguably never should have gone into production in the first place. Rated: 2/4 Aug 9, 2016 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Roxana Hadadi Chesapeake Family Magazine Why is Independence Day: Resurgence even happening? This totally uncreative cash grab copies much of the original '90s action film but with practically no fun. Rated: 1/5 Aug 1, 2016 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Perri Nemiroff Collider We're all well aware of the sequel stigma and have probably seen our fair share of films that feel like thoughtless attempts to milk a hit for all it's worth, but Independence Day: Resurgence might be one of the worst of the worst Rated: 1.5/5 Jun 30, 2016 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson What was awesome the first time isn’t jaw-dropping anymore. Rated: 2/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “Resurgence” flounders out of the gate, never shows an ability to build suspense, and offers up some of the most uninteresting characters I’ve seen in a while. Rated: 1.5/5 Aug 22, 2022 Full Review Independence Day: Resurgence | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review From start to finish, the film feels hollow and empty, the character development obligatory and forced, the action setups undercooked, the plot insultingly predictable. Rated: 1/4 Apr 11, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeff C who wrote this script? Cause you suck at it. Terrible sequel to what was an instant classic. I'm not even going to pair this with the original. ugh I want my hours back and my memory erased. This movie should only be shown at 3:00am on reruns. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/28/21 Full Review Paul P So many great actors such awful dialogue! This movie should’ve been cheeky fun, and it was for brief moments. But mostly it was just stereotypical tropes. Very disappointing. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/01/24 Full Review Aye E I didn't know this movie existed, came across this today 8 years after it was released. I watch the original nearly every July 4th. This certainly pales in comparison to the original, but I'm impressed how much of the original cast is back. It was fun to see how they created a post alien invasion world and the after effects of the experiences on the original characters. But they wasted the original cast a bit and tried to pack way too much in, so the emotional weight was a bit lost and the suspense wasn't there. To be honest I fast-forwarded most of the 3rd act, it was a bit boring knowing there was no way they were going to lose. It was funny seeing how they set it up for a 3rd movie, knowing there wasn't one because it was clear this one wasn't going to make people want to see more. It's fluffy entertainment at least, not a success but not a total disaster of a movie.Also, what happened to Jeff Goldblum's original love interest? It was weird that most of the cast was back and the old storylines were mostly acknowledged, but it's as if she never existed, unless I missed that in the parts I skipped? The new "love interest" for him was my least favorite part, a waste of time that would've served the story better to just cut that dynamic, they could actually just be competitive colleagues without the contrived and flat sexual tension. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Audience Member I loved how they incorporated the original cast. Its a fun movie but not as good as original. Script isn’t great but the actors did the best they could w/poor words. Good for a mind-numbing afternoon! Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/18/24 Full Review Der letzte G Ein Film, den es wirklich nicht gebraucht hätte. Er wiederholt, was er im ersten Teil schon getan hat. Es gibt keinerlei neue kreative Ideen, keinerlei überraschende Wendungen. Die Figuren bleiben platt und der Film ist absolut vorhersehbar. Trotzdem erzeugen die Bilder, die auf die Leinwand geworfen werden, einen gewissen Unterhaltungswert Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/12/24 Full Review Joey M Story line is weak. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Roland Emmerich Director Liam Hemsworth Jake Morrison Jeff Goldblum David Levinson Bill Pullman President Whitmore Maika Monroe Patricia Whitmore Jessie T. Usher Dylan Hiller
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Synopsis As the Fourth of July nears, satellite engineer David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) investigates a 3,000-mile-wide mother ship that's approaching Earth. Fortunately, 20 years earlier, nations across the world started to use recovered extraterrestrial technology to develop an immense defense program. When the alien invaders attack with unprecedented force, the U.S. president, teams of scientists and brave fighter pilots spring into action to save the planet from a seemingly invincible enemy.

Director
Roland Emmerich

Producer
Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser

Screenwriter
Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods, James Vanderbilt

Distributor
20th Century Fox

Production Co
20th Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

Rating
PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Action|Destruction|Some Language)

Genre
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2016, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$103.1M

Runtime
2h 0m

Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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