Variety
Delivers swiftly and generously when it comes to the goods most viewers will have come for - the time-honored joys of blowing stuff up, in set pieces that escalate dizzyingly in size and context.
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Independence Day: Resurgence
Roland Emmerich, director of the '90s sci-fi blockbuster original Independence Day, returns for another large-scale invasion. Takes place decades onward, where Earth has learned new tricks from the alien technology left behind after the first attack. Sequel sees the return of Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, alongside Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) and Maika Monroe (It Follows). Will Smith does not star, however - his character died in an accident.
2016Rating: M, Science fiction themes and violence119 minsUSA
ActionAdventureScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- Roland Emmerich ('Independence Day', '2012', 'The Day After Tomorrow')
- Cast:
- Jeff GoldblumLiam HemsworthJoey KingBill PullmanMaika MonroeVivica A. FoxWilliam FichtnerCharlotte GainsbourgAngelababySela Ward
Independence Day: Resurgence / Reviews
The Age
Hanging over it all is the question of why the film was worth making at all, except as a pure bid for profit.
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Hollywood Reporter
The main thing consumers will be looking for from Resurgence is bang-for-buck entertainment, and that it delivers reasonably successfully.
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Empire Magazine
As spectacular as you'd hope from a sequel to the 1996 planet-toaster, and as amusingly cheesy. You'll enjoy yourself enough that you won't even miss Will Smith.
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