Vastly cliched & unrealistic movie that made millions

Rating: 5/10 (11 December 1998)

ID4 is a B-movie. Although the film has plenty of star power (Smith, Goldblum, Pullman, Fox, Quaid, Hirsch, ...), the real stars of the film are the special effects. If you loved Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this should be your movie. Don't expect a script with great dialogue or a semi-decent plot because you won't find it here. Don't expect everything to make sense either. But who cares? We're stomping some alien ass!!!