Alien Invasion.

Rating: 4/10 (30 September 2013)

Roland Emmerich directed this blockbuster hit about an alien invasion of Earth arriving just in time for the American Independence day celebrations. Jeff Goldblum stars as a brilliant computer specialist who has figured out the aliens' plan of attack, and tries to warn his ex-wife(played by Margaret Colin) who just by coincidence works in the White House for the President(Bill Pullman) Randy Quaid plays a drunken crop duster who was once abducted by a UFO, and sobers up to help lead the climatic assault against the mother ship, after much of the Earth has been decimated by alien attacks.
Contrived and dumb film is still watchable on a popcorn level, and the climax is exciting, but if you want to see this sort of thing done right, watch Kenneth Johnson's "V" TV films instead.
Nice that "The X-Files" gets a mention though!