Back in 1996, an alien race decided to attack Earth, basically all the monuments which the vfx team could afford so that The United States of America like always step up to save the world. 20 years later, the aliens are back & human race i.e. the defence forces of The United States of America have to fight back again. Of course July 4th is the date of battle to justify the title.
Movie -
Director Roland Emmerich plays it safe from the word go. He has the budget & like we've seen in all his previous disaster films, he doesn't try anything new but opts to rehash the same thing over & over again by attacking the same buildings over & over again, with The United States of America fighting back over & over again, only thing is the technology supporting him big time. But this time the speech comes nowhere closer to the epic President speech in the 1996 film.
This is a typical Roland Emmerich film, filled with cheesy moments & cheesy dialogues throughout. It follows the same pattern as the 1996 film, giving literally no time for any character development. We have the recurring characters from the 1996 version whom we're familiar with & then we have a bunch of new characters whom we don't build any sort of bond to care. Will Smith isn't part of the cast & there's nothing that the movie offers to miss him or not miss him.
Towards the end, they're so out of ideas that they insert a never seen before mother alien chasing down a school bus driven by Jeff Goldblum filled with kids & his dad. Never seen before as King Kong never chased down a car, Godzilla never chased down a cab, T-Rex again never chased down a car & mother alien never chased down Ripley in Aliens. It's a never seen before scene because of all the vfx & this being in 3D. Does this save us from boredom? Not even a little.
Performances -
There's nothing to boast about. All characters go through the dialogues mechanically blurting out space terms now & then otherwise filled with extremely cheesy lines. It is good to see the recurring characters, not to lie about that. But there's nothing for them to do, neither focus is made to explore about what happened to them in 20 years. There's an alien attack & then there's another alien race that calls us humans as primitive yet with all the sophisticated technology, the alien just acts like a dumb animal chasing down a school bus.
Technical Department -
The vfx is first rate. That's the only saving grace or to say that's the only thing the makers invested in. Wish they had invested little bit on the script. Well there are scenes in outer space so the 3D isn't really worth completely complaining as it has something to offer. But let me complain anyways as it's just robbing us off the extra money we pay for the glasses. Anyhoo, lesser monuments are destroyed this time. Wonder what we Indians did as no Taj Mahal or Gateway of India was considered worthy of destruction.
My Rating - 1.5/5
Final Words - Meh.
And yes the film's ending does imply there'll be a third film. Warning received.
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