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:

alien | mothership | alien invasion | earth | battle | 

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Taglines:

Their Weapons. Our Fight.

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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

The name of the fictional medical condition that former President Whitmore had was called "Alien Psychic Residual Condition." This was due to Whitmore's close encounters with the aliens in the War of '96 in Independence Day (1996). It seems severe internal & mental changes have left him haunted and disturbed, and "knowing" what the aliens know. Whitmore has visions of their impending return and dark premonitions of the aliens' plans for earth.

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Goofs

Once the squadron is inside the massive mothership, and an Electro-Magnetic Pulse is triggered which takes out all the electrical systems on the fighters, their radio equipment still functions.

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Quotes

Jake Morrison: Sir, I lost my focus. It won't happen again.
Commander Jiang: No, it won't. You're grounded until further notice.
Jake Morrison: Can I still watch TV, or...

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Crazy Credits

Dedicated to actor Robert Loggia, who died in 2015.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Windy City (2017)

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Soundtracks

Don't Stop
Written by Matthew A. Thomas and Ryan Keaton
Performed by The Lost Electric
Courtesy of Selectracks, Inc.

User Reviews

Oh dear.

They made the first film again, with a few more and bigger bangs, unoriginal boring aliens you've seen the like of so many times before and an even more cheesy script than the first movie. Most of the cast just went through the motions, many of the younger ones ought to be seeking other forms of employment. The CGI was epic in scale but not in originality,the story hackneyed and clichéd. OK it's not a film to be taken with any sort of seriousness, but this was just poor.

On the opening afternoon there were just 5 of us in a 200 seat theatre - but it was a dull day and I guess most people were out voting in the EU referendum (or working!), but maybe the mediocre press reviews had an effect.

They shouldn't bother to resurrect the aliens unless they can bring something a bit more original to the screen. I wish I'd have joined the rest of the family in the screen next door for The Jungle Book rehash, which they said was very good.