#Movie independence day resurgence movie#

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE has a strong moral, redemptive worldview stressing good against evil, heroism, duty, family, faith, and even prayer. The bloom may be off the rose a little, but the filmmakers still deliver the thrills, spectacle and comic relief viewers should expect.

#Movie independence day resurgence movie#

Still, watching the characters from the first movie in action again is fun, especially Brent Spiner’s quirky scientist. The script for RESURGENCE is somewhat less cohesive this time around. The good guys have only a few hours to destroy the alien invaders and kill their giant queen. They start drilling to the Earth’s core, to take the energy and destroy the planet. Predictably, the aliens return, with an even bigger mother ship.

They have even built a base on the moon that also serves an early warning system should the invaders return. For two decades, the humans taken the alien technology left by the invaders to rebuild Earth’s cities. Younger audiences who just care about the battle sequences may find it adequate, but overall this isn't a satisfying sequel.INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE picks up 20 years after the original. It's a problem when climactic deaths and close calls don't come close to pulling an emotional punch, and the dialogue is filled with trite 'we can do it' speeches and 'no man left behind'-style rally cries. The computer-generated action sequences are big and portray the same sort of mass destruction as the first film, but a movie can't survive without compelling stories and characters. Instead a group of young pilots serve as the protagonists, with Hemsworth's Jake caught up in a Top Gun-style rivalry with Usher's Dylan, while Jake's fiancee, former First Daughter Patty, worries about her aging father, who - like many others who survived the '96 alien war - has a psychic connection to the aliens. Independence Day: Resurgence brings back several of the players from the original, but - except for Goldblum's Levinson - they aren't the main characters. It's not that the first Independence Dayis a masterpiece by any stretch, but it's fun and loud and audiences felt invested in the various characters and storylines. This mediocre alien-invasion sequel isn't going to wow anyone who's seen the original, which is a true summer popcorn-flick, with quotable lines and memorable action scenes.