2016 Directed by Roland Emmerich
We always knew they were coming back. 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 extinction.
Liam Hemsworth Jeff Goldblum Jessie T. Usher Bill Pullman Maika Monroe Sela Ward Judd Hirsch William Fichtner Brent Spiner Patrick St. Esprit Vivica A. Fox AngelaBaby Charlotte Gainsbourg Deobia Oparei Nicolas Wright Travis Tope Chin Han Gbenga Akinnagbe Robert Loggia John Storey Joey King Jenna Purdy Garrett Wareing Hays Wellford Mckenna Grace James A. Woods Robert Neary Joshua Mikel Joel Virgel Show All…
Harald Kloser K.C. Hodenfield Roland Emmerich Dean Devlin Volker Engel Marco Shepherd Brendan Garst Nathan L. Smith
Christa Munro Patrick M. Sullivan Mark Hofeling Caty Maxey Eric Sundahl Tammy S. Lee Ravi Bansal Clint Wallace Laurent Ben-Mimoun Lauren Abiouness Samantha Avila Luis Guggenberger Christian Scheurer
Chris M. Jacobson Hamilton Sterling John T. Cucci Michael J. Broomberg Paul N.J. Ottosson Michael Minkler Phil Barrie
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Is this three-fourths of a movie? There are some transitions in this thing that are just incomprehensible in terms of moving characters from one place to the next instantaneously, and there are several points where characters seem to be referencing past events that never happened onscreen. New characters abruptly appear out of nowhere and are treated as though they have backstories and are relevant and interesting. Magical technology works until it abruptly doesn't, at convenient moments and for no clear reason. Aliens try to drill to the Earth's molten core, and instead of seeing that, the audience mostly sees some dudes in a boat looking out of a lit-up window going "Whoa, those aliens sure are drilling to the Earth's…
On July 2nd, they arrive. On July 3rd, they strike. On July 4th, we fight back. On June 24th, 2016, we…wish they had won.
In the summer of 1996, Roland Emmerich’s “Independence Day” reinvented the alien invasion genre for the blockbuster era, using newfangled digital technology to make a B-movie big enough to bring the whole world together. Its reputation may be overinflated by millennials who subsist on a steady diet of their own petrified kitsch, but Emmerich’s war of the worlds has nevertheless come to represent a type of full-bodied studio spectacle for which we all ought to be nostalgic. In fact, the self-described “master of disaster” seems really pissed at the people who aren’t. His lazy insult of…
Like so many Hollywood blockbusters these days, Independence Day: Resurgence ends with a beginning. Before the dust has even settled on the final conflict, the next conflict is already set in motion. Rather than tying a bow around the previous two hours of planet-leveling carnage, Resurgence’s last scene begins teasing another sequel.
Then it cuts to black and the credits begin to roll. When they did last night at Brooklyn’s United Artists Court Street 12, one of the other attendees began screaming. This is as much of their tirade as I could transcribe:
“Bulls---! Bulls---! I want my motherf---ing money back! In 38 years, that is the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life! What the f--- was that? We just watched a f---ing preview!”
Full review at ScreenCrush.
28/100
Hollywood has been obsessed with 'dinosaur' franchises - fossilized blockbusters lost to the sands of time and nostalgia - to the point where reclaiming quality isn't even a factor. At least with Jurassic world (Colin Trevorrow's Star Wars application form, ironically enough) or The Force Awakens, their rose-colored adventures were solidified by spectacle and a sense of character; a common trademark of their iconic predecessors. But what happens when a belated sequel is based on a film which wasn't even good in the first place?
Enter Independence Day: Resurgence.
Now, the "classic" Will Smith/Jeff Goldblum vehicle isn't without its charms. A smothering of cheese and sci-fi destruction carries itself to a point, and Bill Pullman's rousing speech still flies…
Twenty years ago, director Roland Emmerich put on screen an alien-invasion disaster feature with moments so iconic & jaw-dropping that viewers n critics alike were left dazzled by the sheer scale & size of its ambition. Independence Day was a watershed event for its genre and its influence on both disaster films & blockbuster filmmaking cannot be downplayed.
But Independence Day was also in every way a self-contained film. It never needed a sequel and its legacy was well-preserved for years to come. That was until Emmerich decided to put a dent on it, which is exactly what he does with Independence Day: Resurgence. A strong contender for the absolute worst film of 2016, this sequel is as needless & cringeworthy as movies can…
Mindless, lacks substance. You don't really give a shit about anyone but hey the 2 hours flew by.
Replicates the dopey earnest charm but not (for lack of a better term) the original's simplicity. Not nearly enough Goldblum/Pullman biodigital jazz.
Terribly, appallingly stupid. Just inept film making. It's not fun at all, instead awkward and ridiculous. I had no idea what was going on, why we were skipping from the American government's attempt to combat the alien invasion to a elderly Jewish man driving a bus. The cast is mostly terrible, save for our unrecognized Messiah that is Jeff Goldblum and Maika Monroe. The rest of them are trash, just like the direction and the storytelling. I recall seeing headlines a while back quoting Roland Emmerich in saying that superhero movies are silly and pointless.
Roland, I want you to take a step back, take a look at the product of your past two years of work, and reevaluate that statement. This artless conglomeration of sci-fi tropes is absurd, not entertaining at all, just about as engaging as watching grass grow.
i went into this with very low expectations because as much as i love emmerich (sorry) (not actually sorry) i, like most people, thought this sequel was bizarre and unnecessary. i saw the terms "cash-in" and "fan service" and other such holier than thou buzzwords get tossed around a lot in relation to this, but i did wonder...what cash? what fans? obviously this was expected to make money, and i'd guess it's easier to retell the same story than come up with something entirely new. but who are these masses of fans hungering for a sequel to a movie that, although a cable staple classic, certainly couldn't have retained the cult status of a JURASSIC PARK or GHOSTBUSTERS or Legos…
Thank God I didn't pay a penny for it because I had a free ticket.
1) I knew what kind of film I was visiting.
2) I have seen the highs (err... middles) and lows of Emmerich.
3) I even knew that Will Smith was not involved.
4) I was expecting appalling acting like Emmerich's tradition dictates.
5) I was expecting spectacular special effects.
6) I was expecting to be irrationally entertained as much as, if not slightly less than, Independence Day (1996) achieved.
7) I was expecting too much patriotism.
8) I knew what to expect.
It turned out that:
#1 was a lie.
#2 wasn't enough warning for this.
#3 impacted the film negatively, despite the divinity Goldblum…
No one told Emmerich that blockbusters today are about verbal spectacle, not visual spectacle. I tend to prefer the latter. Don't get me wrong, this is a BAD movie. But the action is clear and crisp and (kinda) exciting. He literally sets the climax in some big empty salt flats in the middle of the day, just to make sure that you can see EXACTLY what's going on. I really do admire that. The movie still sucks. But I've come to terms with the fact that sometimes, I really like bad movies.
