Twenty years have passed since Will Smith saved mankind from the alien threat. In those two decades, he decided against signing up for the sequel.
Which is the biggest problem with Independence Day: Resurgence. It's not more far-fetched or improbable than the first one. The special effects are just as good. The plot - the aliens return, shock horror - isn't much different and even the sometimes-cringy dialogue is back in spades.
Take Will Smith's on-screen presence out of a film like this, and despite plenty of returning faces from the original, you go from having a pretty sure-fire Hollywood blockbuster to something approaching a B movie.
Great action sequences, but not much else, to be honest. I was disappointed, as the original sets a high bar.
Which is the biggest problem with Independence Day: Resurgence. It's not more far-fetched or improbable than the first one. The special effects are just as good. The plot - the aliens return, shock horror - isn't much different and even the sometimes-cringy dialogue is back in spades.
Take Will Smith's on-screen presence out of a film like this, and despite plenty of returning faces from the original, you go from having a pretty sure-fire Hollywood blockbuster to something approaching a B movie.
Great action sequences, but not much else, to be honest. I was disappointed, as the original sets a high bar.