In the first film, the mothership was a quarter of the size of the moon – NOW IT’S 3000 MILES ACROSS! In the first film, the aliens blew up famous monuments – NOW THEY DROP BUILDINGS ONTO LONDON AND FLOOD THE US’S EAST COAST! The first film had Bill Pullman’s President of the United States as a main character – NOW THERE ARE THREE PRESIDENTS!!! (Pullman’s technically an ex-president, but everyone still calls him Mr President anyway).ĭespite those cosmetic tweaks, the film is essentially the same as its predecessor.
Those hoping that director Roland Emmerich has improved over the last 20 years will be disappointed, for Independence Day 2: Rebirth is one of those “do everything the same as the first time BUT BIGGER” sequels. But, as Jeff Goldblum grimly intones, “We always knew they’d come back.” And so, in response to a distress signal apparently sent at the end of the first film (I smell a retcon), a New And Bigger Flying Saucer turns up to once again try to steal our natural resources. Long review : As popcorn movies go, Independence Day: Resurgence (the latest blockbuster sequel too ‘sophisticated’ for a “2” in the title) at least tries to start from an interesting premise: it’s been twenty years since aliens attacked our planet and humanity now lives in global harmony, with moon lasers and flying cars and other technology reverse-engineered from the crashed UFOs.
Fourteen Word Review: If you liked Independence Day, you’ll like this, because it’s basically the same movie.
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