Shallow story, Too US Centric

Rating: 2/10 (18 March 2000)

While this movie shows a lot of great special effects, there are some serious flaws in it that make it less interesting for an honest SciFi fan like myself. The fact that the story is only skin deep and seems only written to lead to lots of action and shooting shows this. The speed with which they find the solution to accessing the alien's ships, flying them and locate their weak spot is rather unbelievable.
From a non-US point of view, I also think it is very arrogant to write a story in which, by some 'strange' coincidence, the date at which the world is saved from the alien threat is July 4, which just 'happens' to be the US independance day.