jamesfortankiy Review of Independents' Day

Independents' Day (2016 Video)

c'mon people lighten up and lower your expectations a bit (mild spoiler)

[4/10 · 25 June 2016]

this film (albeit a knock off of ID4) isn't as bad as some sci fi flicks I've seen costing quadruple the amount this was made on. Speaking of which I'd say the special effects are relatively great and on par on it's $1/2 million budget. Is it a bit campy at times? sure but it's not such a bad flick to watch if you want to kill a lazy afternoon. Sure there are military errors (99% generally are by design) and the spaceships aren't state of the art (nice to know we art the only ones in the universe using plastic hoses) but it is what it is. It's refreshing to see new faces and decent script writing. All in all I'd say rent this one but again throw "Independence day II" expectations out the window; there's no match of course but at least they gave it a great try IMO!