The vintage stars have been roped in as a lifeline to a beloved old movie the new kids are present to signal the launch of a long-delayed Independence Day franchise.

This allows the introduction of a raft of other young stars, chief among them fellow pilots Liam Hemsworth (of the Hunger Games movies), Travis Tope, Nicolas Wright, the appealing Maika Monroe (whose character is also Whitmore's daughter), and Hong Kong actress Angelababy (of whom we might have been happy to see a bit more). Usher), a fighter pilot just like his dad. Fox, who played Steven Hiller's girlfriend in the original film and is now the widowed mother of his heroic stepson, Dylan (Jessie T. Brakish Okun, who's just snapped out of a 20-year coma and is ready to let rip with some ferocious overacting.Ī key cog in the movie's shameless market calculation is Vivica A. president, currently residing in an old-age home, is here to also sense that something new is up, alien-wise and so is Brent Spiner's long-haired Area 51 science guy, Dr.

Bill Pullman's Thomas Whitmore, the former U.S. Judd Hirsch is back as David's bumbling father, Julius, now mainly an annoyance. Jeff Goldblum's nerdy science guy David Levinson is on hand to sense something weird going on out in space again. Smith's fighter pilot Steven Hiller was the heart of the original film, but the actor took a pass on returning for another paycheck, presumably in order to make the upcoming Suicide Squad-a movie whose trailer is more entertaining than anything in this bloated spectacle.Ī number of other actors in the original film were happy to reenlist. Problem number one with Independence Day: Resurgence is Will Smith. It's hard to say what's worse about this movie: its shoddiness, which is abundant, or its cynicism, which is no real surprise in a 'sequel' slapped together 20 years after the picture whose enduring popularity it seeks to exploit.

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