Review of Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) by Oberrated — 23 Jun 2016

This film is cliché to unreal measures, extremely predictable and illogical (even beyond the concept that we are dealing with aliens) to infuriating points. Characters you may have cared about in the original film become an afterthought. These new and young characters have zero screen presence to make you want to root for them. If you wish to see some epic humans vs. aliens combat; you picked the wrong movie. There is little of that beyond a few gunfights that are brief. The dogfights are a little entertaining, in my opinion, but that was the extent of entertaining action. This film is more of a disaster movie than an action/adventure. Which was another rare positive point that I will give beyond the mountain of negatives; the disaster aspect of the invasion is pretty cool and appealing to the eye, but that only goes so far. Another gripe I had early on was something I spoke on briefly earlier; the location jumps are overwhelming. Every new scene almost has a caption stating where the scene is taking places. Enough location jumps to give Nightcrawler a headache.

You have seen this movie before, folks, its name is 'Independence Day'. If you loved the original so much you can not resist missing out on the sequel that has been twenty years removed. Then by all means, give it your best shot. Otherwise, this film is absolutely juvenile in regards to overdone humor, illogical sequences, and non-linear plots as well as intertwining plots resulting in a underwhelming experience. You are not 'Finding Dory', 'Independence Day: Resurgence'.