Independence Day: Resurgence

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Independence Day: Resurgence

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2016,

2h 0m,

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Adventure

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aug 9, 2016

2/4

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.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Aug 1, 2016

1/5

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.

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Perri Nemiroff

Collider

Jun 30, 2016

1.5/5

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

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

Mar 10, 2025

2/5

With a dreadful screenplay and nothing new when it comes to special effects ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ ends up being one of the biggest disappointments of 2016.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Sep 4, 2023

2/5

What was awesome the first time isn’t jaw-dropping anymore.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 22, 2022

1.5/5

“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.

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Harry G

Apr 25, 2019

Full of been-there done-that moments, Independence Day wants to keep us looking by reminding us about the movie that preceded it without hiding its urgency to create a new saga.

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Albus S

Apr 8, 2019

Like a bad version of the first one.. Didn't we already watch this movie before?

Hermione L

Mar 11, 2019

If I'd never seen another film in my life, this would be worth 6\10. However, i have.... The fact that this was the most horrible pastiche of the original film, The day after tomorrow, star wars and many others really annoyed me. I just spent the entire film saying 'oh, for fuck's sakes'...

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Rey S

Mar 2, 2019

This is one movie Iâ(TM)m so glad I didnâ(TM)t waste money seeing st the cinema. The first movie at least had some engaging characters, a clear story line, and great special effects. The sequel is an unmitigated mess - poorly scripted, poorly edited, desperately trying to impress with cgi but failing miserably. A disastrous movie as opposed to a disaster movie. Move along now; this is one car crash you really donâ(TM)t want to see.

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Hermione R

Mar 2, 2019

Independence Day: Resurgence is pretty much Independence Day with the word Resurgence added on to it to make it sound new when in reality it is this pretty much a repeat of its predecessor but with a less convincing cast.

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Albus M

Feb 25, 2019

EH. The sad part is that the movie had some good ideas. The first movie partly worked because it was a product of its time. This movie tried to be a 90's movie in a 21st century world. I was hoping for something more mature.

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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

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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, TSG Entertainment, Centropolis 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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