Resurgence is going to be the type of movie that divides people - think Pacific Rim - and those that don't enjoy mindless, explosive films are probably going to hate every second of it.īut for myself, someone who loves watching action escalate until you think there's nowhere else for the movie to go, Resurgence is the type of mindless self-indulgence that I want in a summer blockbuster. It's difficult to talk about what makes Resurgence great, because quite frankly, nothing about it is even good, but there's a feeling you get when you're sitting in a theater, and the sound of aliens screeching comes in just after the roar of a sci-fi fighter jet, that is almost indescribable. Resurgence is the type of mindless self-indulgence that I want in a summer blockbuster
He lets himself take on the ludicrous nature of the film, embraces it and exploits it to make it that much more unbelievable. This won't be Hemsworth's career defining performance - or at least, he better hope it won't be - but Hemsworth's joy and excitement in the role is infectious and it's hard not to root for him when he's on screen. The same goes for newcomers, like Hemsworth. He doesn't bulk up his performance or try to make it more dramatic than it needs to be, but instead enjoys being back in the boots of Levinson, visibly having fun talking about aliens and returning to this version of Earth. At this point in his career, Jeff Goldblum is essentially playing Jeff Goldblum, but there's a comfortableness he has walking around the set, taking on this character that he played two decades ago, that makes the movie feel like you're seeing an old friend for the first time in a while. It's also one of those rare movies where you can tell the cast is having fun with what they're doing. It doesn't matter that the film is flawed because your natural response to seeing these fighter pilots in their futuristic jets, defying gravity to take on some gnarly looking aliens is more than enough to sate the hunger for unbelievable, sci-fi action that you'll want out of Resurgence. There are moments in Resurgence that will make you feel like a kid again, and it's that enthusiastic response to even the most unintelligible of events that makes for an exciting watch. Resurgence is loud, obnoxious and splashy but without that, the film wouldn't be at all entertaining. It's all a part of the film's convoluted storyline that, again, if you actually pay attention to, is hard to dismiss as anything more than an unsuccessful attempt to capture some of the glory from the first film.ĭespite all of this, the film still manages to largely entertain, and that in itself is an impressive feat. Emmerich doesn't know how much time to focus on the former action heroes of the '90s and the new heroes of the franchise going forward. That's perhaps Resurgence's biggest problem. Hell, they even managed to reference Will Smith an absurd amount of times before finally focusing on his fighter pilot son, Dillon. Brakish Okun, and Emmerich doesn't want you to forget for a second that they were a part of the original alien-fighting team.
Jeff Goldblum is back as scientist David Levinson, Bill Pullman is back as President Whitmore and Brent Spiner reprises his role as Dr. Of course, some things are still the same, and that's where Resurgence focuses a lot of its attention. There are teams stationed permanently on the moon to keep an eye out for future possible alien attacks and make sure that, if need be, there was somewhere for the most executive of government officials to fly to in the case of another disaster. Nations are still sovereign but countries are working together more than ever before to unite all of Earth's citizens. Resurgence is a sequel to Emmerich's 1996 film, Independence Day, and the film picks up exactly 20 years after the first round of alien attacks devastated Earth. Emmerich is pretty self-aware of just how ludicrous Resurgence is and plays into that, almost poking fun at himself and the film while making it as fun as it turned out to be. Resurgence is a movie that begs its audience not to take it seriously because it doesn't take itself seriously. It finds its successful moments in its goofiness and unwillingness to sacrifice those strange moments for a more serious or dramatic undertone. Resurgence is a strange film in that it's not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but it's also not a, "this is so atrociously awful that it's fun to watch" type of movie, either. Resurgence is a movie that begs its audience not to take it seriously
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