Glossy but risible SF B-feature

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 1998)

Wonderfully hyped up, and the SFX are entertaining, but the reality is that ID4 is a mish-mash of every B-feature SF/disaster movie made since the days of Georges Melies. Great fun if you're into Flash Gordon space opera, but something resembling a vaguely plausible plot would have helped immensely. As it is it makes a good compendium of SF movie cliches; I don't think they've missed one!