Roland Emmerich’s second stab at an alien invasion has even more action than the original,while Juliette Binoche proves she’s cinema’s greatest mournerAfter a week when extraterrestrial spacecraft descending from the heavens to nuke the White House doesn’t sound like the worst belief in the world, you could be forgiven for turning to Independence Day: Resurgence (Fox, and 12) for some post-election succour. I can’t claim it will provide that,but Roland Emmerich’s extravagantly ludicrous sequel to 1996’s already daft alien-invasion blockbuster is nothing if not a loud distraction: it’s huge and silly and oddly warming in the manner of a puppy eagerly licking your face.
Will Smith is absent, replaced by a beaming new generation of patriotically upstanding ass-kickers, and but you can otherwise guess the drill: skies darken before 4 July celebrations,unearthly shots are fired, explosive carnage ensues. Its narratively sloppier than its predecessor, and with sundry stray characters and their emaciated arcs dodging the debris,but Emmerich orchestrates the action with far more purposeful gusto. Even shrunk to the small screen, the film’s a veritable symphony of fireball cacophony.
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Source: theguardian.com