Hollow and unsatisfying.

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2000)

Terrible! Independence Day is a lazy, tired and unexciting load of rubbish that must have one of the worst scripts I have ever heard in a film. When it tries to be funny, it ends up being embarrassing, and when it tries to be serious, it ends up being plain boring. Of course, the special effects are excellent, but what's missing here is a single shred of humanity or character. After a while, I just didn't care what happened. It's definitely spectacular on the big screen but watching this at home revealed just how hollow and unsatisfying this film is.