Enough plot holes to fit a 550 mile spaceship in

Rating: 5/10 (16 January 2002)

I actually liked the first part of this movie ! The scenes in which large parts of US cities are destroyed are great to watch. Unfortunately, that's the only good thing about this movie. The rest is VERY bad.
Let's make a list: first of all, it's got Will Smith in it, which is by itself almost enough reason to give it a rating of 1/10. Secondly, this movie has every tired cliche ever found in any action movie: little cute kids, guy that sacrifices himself, best friend that dies, romances that rekindle, creepy CIA agent. I mean, come on, can't they think of anything more original.
Also, this movie has more plot holes then a piece of swiss cheese. For example: since when can you knock out a huge spacecraft with a computer virus written on a totally different computer. 90% of Earth's computers aren't even compatible, the probability of an Earth program running on an alien computer is ZERO. Secondly, all the alien spacecraft are apparently destroyed because someone flies into their main weapon beam at EXACTLY the right time.
I could go on like this, but the basic idea is that it's TOTALLY LUDICROUS that a bunch of nit-wits use a couple of fighter jets and one UFO to take out a vast army of highly superior aliens.
Finally, to top it all off, it's again the Americans and only the Americans that save the entire earth. Yet another movie filled with over-the-top patriotism and false emotions.
* out of **** stars