Rent Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Why Bother! - Independence Day: Resurgence review by CS

Taking the first film and moving on sometime in the future. This film uses generally the same cast (minus Will Smith) and actors as before, just a lot older and with less developed characters than before, then adds a few new characters, with even less presence, into the plot! This film is such a mish mash of ideas, the script is awful, badly written and full of cliches. The CGI is all over the place and there is nothing coherent about the cinematography or editing! The general story is that the Aliens Invaders return, bigger and badder than before, but whilst they are physically bigger, they're most certainly not badder and it's difficult to see why this even made it to a storyboard, let alone a full blown film? There is no character development at all, each actor is given a part, but the parts is so thin, too many characters with not enough character development and why on earth they needed to use the son of as a replacement for Will Smiths character is beyond me! Throw in a third Alien presence for good measure, but we never see who or what this third Alien is! In all the film does nothing and goes nowhere, just everything about it is bad! Given the high quality pedigree of the producers and director, it's hard to know why this turned out like to did, but I personally found it boorish, irritating and a drag to watch!

Yes its a lesser sequel but still a very enjoyable one. The immense hate for this is puzzling - Independence Day: Resurgence review by Tej

The first film is a classic legendary blockbuster...and the most cheesiest sci fi film of all time! Boy did I love it back then.

Twenty years later and grumpier, I didnt expect much from this given the slating it's already had.

But what a surprise. I had a real blast with this. The cheese continues in what I felt is was a nicely constructed setup sequel that even brings back and respects most of the old cast (apart from Will Smith, which is a pity). The new generation along with old made for an entertaining collaboration to fight off a revenge attack by those pesky aliens. Yes the characters have much less development time with the newer generation lacking the spark that the older generation dudes had. But I love how the world evolved from the first movie and how it ends with a promising epic saga (all with cheese intact). I love how the story evolves.

Alas because of the hate and overall box office, no more sequels are planned which I feel very sad about. I made the mistake and listened to reviewers when this was in the cinema so I gave it a miss. I really regret that now as the film has big screen entertainment all over it.

Oh well, that's how it rolls with our diverse opinions.

If you enjoyed the first one, lower your expectations, you might actually really enjoy this as much as I did. ...Or you might not, given the alarming number of negative reviews. Sigh.

I give this an enjoyable 7.5/10

No better second time round - Independence Day: Resurgence review by CP Customer

Saw it at the cinema and wasn't impressed. Thought I'd give it another go - I was right first time, it really isn't good. That said, I will probably watch the third film.

Terrible..!!! - Independence Day: Resurgence review by CP Customer

First one was good ....Should have left it alone at that........What a terrible movie.....I love movies and to be honest did not expect too much from this....After being a fairly big fan of the first one which was a few years I thought it cannot be that bad....Average reviews 6/10 so I will give it a shot.....Oh dear ...Never switched many movies of in my whole life but was going to with this.....1/10 should be more accurate......:-(

"General Adams, the Earth's core is secure" - Independence Day: Resurgence review by JF

Over budget sci-fi B-movie. It would be a good parody if not for the high quality CGI and the expensive actors. If you are going to go cheesey, you have to go full on cheese. However, it does have cheesey acting, cheesey plot, and cheesey lines. Get drunk before watching. Just a shame more intelligent sci-fi does not often get such an amount of money spent on it.