Independence Day: Resurgence

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Independence Day: Resurgence

PG-13

Released Jun 24, 2016

2h 0m

Sci-Fi

Action

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

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.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 9, 2016

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

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.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 1, 2016

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Perri Nemiroff

Collider

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

Rated: 1.5/5

Jun 30, 2016

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

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.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 10, 2025

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

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

Rated: 2/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“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.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 22, 2022

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Jeff C

who wrote this script? Cause you suck at it. Terrible sequel to what was an instant classic. I'm not even going to pair this with the original. ugh I want my hours back and my memory erased. This movie should only be shown at 3:00am on reruns.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/21

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Night W

I watched both independence day 1 & 2 back to back and I have to say watching the first one was corny af but part two was really good and didn't need Will Smith honestly, but it dose make me wonder what he could of brought to the sequal. It's okay to like a film that doesn't like because these days people tend to hate things because it cool. Smh

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/18/25

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Brad S. R

Stupid story, forgettable characters, and special effects so big that they completely lose sight of any human element.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/15/25

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stephen b

Too many characters are thrown at you, completely undeveloped. Which was a good thing because we did not need another thirty minutes of this movie that was not necessary to begin with.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Griffith J

Another generic alien film. Decent attempts to build out this world but can’t stick it. Predictable with no individuality to the cast. High budget visuals but it’s empty. So big on scale it just feels silly.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/25

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Audience Member

Independence Day Resurgence is a perfect example of a sequel nobody asked for. The characters are unlikable, the screenplay is boring plus it doesn't have even 1% of the fun the first film gave us. A tiring watch at its core,

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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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, Centropolis Entertainment, TSG 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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