ID4 was fun in 1996 and still decent 20 years later

Rating: 7/10 (25 June 2016)

The highest grossing movie of 1996 was the alien invasion blockbuster directed by Roland Emmerich. Independence Day featured the destruction of national monuments including the White House and the Empire State Building. Will Smith stars as Captain Steven Hiller, a fast- talking and even faster-flying fighter pilot alongside Jeff Goldblum, who was coming off of the 1993 highest grossing movie Jurassic Park, as the cable guy David Levinson.
From the first shot of an alien spaceship hovering over the moon toward Earth, this movie set a precedent for iconic invasion imagery. Bill Pullman plays President Whitmore, a retired fighter pilot. Pullman does a decent job as a president out of his depth with this new threat. He also delivers the most memorable speech prior to the final spaceship versus jets battle scene.
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