Independence Day: Resurgence

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Independence Day: Resurgence

PG-13

2016

2h 0m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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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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Critics Consensus

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

08/09/2016

2/4

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.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

08/01/2016

1/5

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.

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Perri Nemiroff

Collider

06/30/2016

1.5/5

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

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

03/10/2025

2/5

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.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

09/04/2023

2/5

What was awesome the first time isn’t jaw-dropping anymore.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/22/2022

1.5/5

“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.

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Jeff C

12/28/2021

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.

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J Cal D

@RT69722082 May 26

Same review I gave Fountain of Youth, another movie written by one of the 5 or 6 cowriters of this movie: "Can anyone write a movie anymore? Can anyone light a movie anymore?"

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@RT97537778 May 22

It feels like a group of 59 people all had an idea for the film and they decided to go with all 59 ideas in 1 movie this was painful to watch I love movies and this was rough after 1 hour I'm turning it off 📴

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Stephen G.

@Mangaloverx999x May 10

Not as good as the original but still a fun movie.

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Keriel T.

@kerielflacoboy Apr 11

I do not like the CGI in this movie, I liked the original movie better

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Andrew M

@RT33310556 Apr 2

Didn't see this movie when it originally came out in 2016 because I heard it was terrible. Here I am 10 years later in 2026 watching it for the first time. It is indeed terrible. The writing is laughably bad. Huge mothership lands on Earth, full screen for about 20 seconds, and one guy goes "There's the mothership!" I'm shocked they got Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman to reprise their roles with this awful script/dialogue.

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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)