Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence

Some of you reading this may have been waiting a long time for this movie to come out. And for those of you who don't know, this weeks movie is a sequel of one that came out 20 years ago. Though I haven't seen the first, I heard that it's a good movie and may watch it. But anyways, I hope you enjoy my review on Independence Day: Resurgence.

The movie starts 20 years after the battle for Earth, and we find ourselves following a young pilot going through the Corridors of the White House. He then stops to look upon a painting of the heroic Steven Hiller, from the first movie. As the view pans around we find that the pilot is Dylan Hiller (played by Jessie T. Usher). We see President Lanford practicing her speech for the independence day celebration about to take place, then turns to face Patricia Whitmore (played by Maika Monroe), who congratulates her on a well written speech. They then acknowledge that Dylan is there and get ready to leave.

It then moves to their moon base where construction of an alien tech laser cannon for extra defense is going slowly. In one of the construction ships, Jake Morrison (played by Liam Hemsworth) is complaining about how slow that the construction is going, and him wanting action instead. After putting the laser up, the locking mechanism begins, only to stop as the laser begins falling. When everyone else takes off for safety, Jake stays to save the station below. Through some crazy ideas, he gets the laser back up to lock in.

The acting was not too bad, but there were some areas I feel were over done. Brett Spiner, who plays Dr. Brakish Okun, definitely had an eccentric character, and I am told that he was just as crazy in the first movie. I enjoyed his character, but there were parts I think he went overboard, or the script had him doing more unrealistic things. However, for the most part everyone else did a great job and brought the story more to life in a good way.

The story plot went really smoothly through the movie, but it made the movie seem longer than it did. The main reason I say it seemed like it lasted forever was how many times the aliens seemed to be defeated, only to find they were still alive. Probably could have taken that down by one and added some more character content. But even with the movie seeming like it took forever, the plot flowed through nicely, but slowly.

Overall,the acting was mostly good, and the story plot flowed nicely, but it felt long throughout the movie. So for these reasons, I would rate this movie 7.9/10.