Review of Bastille Day (2016) by Aequatis — 26 Jul 2016

This b-style reboot lost its way somewhere between too much main characters with complex relations, unimaginative punch lines ("definitely... bigger than the last one"), absence of good (acted) humor - Will Smith style - and a huge patriotistic plot line with of course America saving the whole damn bunch altogether.

Where its predecessor had its good moments with a lively mix between sci-fi and horror, (for the time) outstanding visual effects and being generally a "new kind" of movie, Independence Day: Resurgence feels more like a zompy resurrection from a movie which has died from old, but good, age.

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-- Having to see the old movie beforehand in order to understand all the character relations.

-- Too much (main) characters.

-- Gravity tricks: which seem nice, but for the more alert viewer feel completely wrong.

-- Patriotistic plot line forced upon the viewer in a Chili Sauce thick montage scene where natives in small huts, huddled around candlelight listen on shortwave radio to the powerful words of the almighty saving-the-day American president.

-- Nukes: they solve everything.

-- With the introduction of a larger ship, also comes the introduction of larger aliens -like an Alien Queen- which, somehow, becomes extremely interested in flipping a school bus full of children instead of steering her mothership and sticking to her earth devouring plan.