Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers:

Nicolas Wright (screenplay by), James A. Woods (screenplay by)

Stars:

Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman

3 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Hemsworth	...	Jake Morrison
Jeff Goldblum	...	David Levinson
Jessie T. Usher	...	Dylan Hiller
Bill Pullman	...	President Whitmore
Maika Monroe	...	Patricia Whitmore
Sela Ward	...	President Lanford
William Fichtner	...	General Adams
Judd Hirsch	...	Julius Levinson
Brent Spiner	...	Dr. Brakish Okun
Patrick St. Esprit	...	Secretary of Defense Tanner
Vivica A. Fox	...	Jasmine Hiller
Angelababy	...	Rain Lao
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Catherine Marceaux
Deobia Oparei	...	Dikembe Umbutu (as DeObia Oparei)
Nicolas Wright	...	Floyd Rosenberg

Storyline

Two decades after the freak alien invasion that nearly destroyed mankind a new threat emerges. This Alien mothership is more than twice the size as the last one and once again, the world's armies must band together to save the world. Do they have enough firepower or will this battle change and will aliens take over?

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Plot Keywords:

chinawoman | almond eyes | thin attractive woman | chinaman | mothership | 

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Taglines:

WELCOME BACK

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG - 13 for sequences of sci - fi action and destruction, and for some language

Details

Official Sites:

20 Years of Evolution Independence Day 2

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

24 June 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

ID Forever Part 1

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$165,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$41,039,944, 26 June 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$103,144,286

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$389,684,482

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, TSG Entertainment, Centropolis Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX 12 track) DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Loggia: As General William Grey. Loggia reprised his role from the original Independence Day (1996)).

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Goofs

Captain Hiller is wearing an Iraq Campaign Medal on his USAF uniform. The medal was awarded to U.S. soldiers who fought in the Iraq War, but that war never occurred in the movie's universe.

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Quotes

Jake Morrison: Pee your pants?
David Levinson: Uh, yeah.
Jake Morrison: Yeah, me too.

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Crazy Credits

Dedicated to actor Robert Loggia, who died in 2015.

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Alternate Versions

An extended version of the movie exists and will be released later after its initial theatrical release. Director Roland Emmerich has said: "It's only about seven minutes longer. It's interesting for fans to see which scenes we cut, although I like it when movies are short." A longer special edition of the original Independence Day was also released, which ran almost two-and-a-half hours at 145 minutes with the extended cut running for 154 minutes.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jay Leno/Jeff Goldblum/Wale (2016)

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Soundtracks

Independence Day Theme
Composed by David Arnold

User Reviews

I love this film

It just rocks for the following reasons:

The robot from Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy is here. I love that film! He is still depressed too. Chinese products, Chinese technology, Chinese noodles, Chinese actors. I love that the studio is part-owned by the Chinese now and the rider orders the directors to cast a Chinese person (like Kong, like Doctor Strange etc.) because what the boss says goes! After all, like everyone else I do most of my shopping at the Chinese dollar store Wal-mart. It shows how important and the center of the universe our planet is. The aliens having been USA slapped in the original have gone back light years and have come back to Earth, yes Earth, because planets like ours are so rare. OK, the story is contradicting itself with the whole they vacuumed many other planets, but anyway. We put a station on the moon but hey it rotated and was on the wrong side when the aliens returned so we did not know what to do when an alien arrives.