![]() Independence Day may have caught lightning in a bottle it’s doubtful the sequel will be as lucky. 16-year old boys have turned into 36-year old men with other concerns. And, whenever you start out trying to please a non-English speaking audience first, you end up with something on the Transformers end of the sci-fi spectrum.Ģ0 years is an eternity to wait for a sequel and, by now, it’s a good bet that a significant portion of the audience doesn’t care. This is a clear example of a story being thrown together to serve the special effects, not the other way around. Its shameless pilfering from science fiction classics (a little Star Wars, a little Aliens…) doesn’t appreciably elevate the material. In fact, when it comes to dredging up old Devlin/Emmerich memories, Resurgence recalls nothing more strongly than the colossal 1998 misfire of Godzilla. It’s probably better in our memories than it ever was on celluloid and, as a result, the sequel looks considerably worse by comparison. The temptation is there to say that Independence Day: Resurgence tarnishes the image of its predecessor but the original Independence Day wasn’t all that good to begin with. ![]()
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