Sunday, August 14, 2016

Independence Day: Resurgence - Review

Independence Day: Resurgence



Plot summary:
Twenty years has passed since humanity faced its greatest threat and fought its greatest battle for freedom against the extra-terrestrial beings that sought to destroy our planet. And with time, their technology had been used for our advantage, heightening our offensive and defensive technologies. During his trip to visit a remaining alien ship in Africa, Dr. David Levinson is informed that an alien spaceship is spotted near the moon. Despite Dr. Levinson’s protest towards firing at this new mysterious spaceship that is dissimilar to that of their previous assailants, offensive measures are proceeded. And while acquiring a particular section of its remains, the Earth is approached by a three thousand-mile spacecraft. Their familiar foe has returned. It is now up to the military and a team of scientists to prepare the counter-measures and defeat this formidable foe before them, as they did two decades ago.



Review:
Personally, I found this sequel as entertaining as its previous installment. We see some familiar characters as well as newly-introduced characters – all who are portrayed well. It was good to see actors such as Jeff Goldblum(Dr. David Levinson), Bill Pullman(former president Thomas J. Whitmore), Brent Spiner(Dr. Brakish Okun), and Judd Hirsch(Julius Levinson) reappear in this franchise. And some of them brought some good hilarity into play in some of the scenes. Too bad they had killed off Will Smith’s character – Captain Steven Hiller – out of this sequel, though. The new actors and actresses did a great job too, in my opinion.



We see much more CGI this time, and it was all spectacular – from the interstellar clouds to the fiery carnage down on Earth. Although it’s not surprising, considering the fact that some of Roland Emmerich’s movies involve a lot of CGI. The dialogues were great and interesting. They were serious when needed be, and brought out some humour whenever it could. The music was really good too. I enjoyed it. Overall, I think this is a pretty good movie.

Here's the trailer:

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