Don't waste your money and your time, spend the 158 minutes better!

Rating: 3/10 (8 November 2009)

Good SFX are the only positive thing one could say about this piece of crap. And believe me, I am a fan of well-made popcorn films in general, and of Emmerich's films in general. I loved Independence Day and other stuff he did, even use scenes from his films as examples how to build a scene, a character etc etc. One for all is the president's speech on July 4th in ID4 which is a masterful example of writing, acting and subtle use of music - each time I see it I want to applaud Bill Pullman... But this awfully noisy and boring excuse of a film is just nothing else than a play-pool of special effects with an awfully negative plot, no irony whatsoever and more than stereotyped and surprisingly wooden characters and actors. Spend the 158 minutes in a better way. Watch Independence Day again.