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Independence Day: Resurgence

Play trailer 4:34 Poster for Independence Day: Resurgence PG-13 Released Jun 24, 2016 2h 0m Sci-Fi Action Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson What was awesome the first time isn’t jaw-dropping anymore. Rated: 2/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member For years, people have been saying “don’t do an Independence Day remake, don’t do an Independence Day remake.” But you didn’t want to listen did you? And now we have to endure a ruined franchise because you couldn’t keep your hand out if the cookie jar. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Mike W. Should find a way for AI to delete this from existing Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/08/25 Full Review Duante X H That Was a Good Movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review Seven E So intolerably boring I had to keep a yawn counter to get through it. So perfectly forgettable I remembered nothing from it with seconds lines were said and overkill effects were filling the screen. The only line I remember is the one at the very end "We're gonna kick some alien arse." No you're not buddy, this is the nail in the coffin for any sequel that might have hoped to come after this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Korra N I enjoyed it for what it is, but it is a bad movie. It has absolutely phenomenal visual effects & some awesome action sequences, but other than that, it's a pointless sequel. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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