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Independence Day (1996)
7.0/10 from 465566 users Updated : 2017-12-26
Rating: 6.4/10
[fresh!] 60% [audience liked it!] 75%
Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
Will Smith , Bill Pullman , Jeff Goldblum , Mary McDonnell , Judd Hirsch , Robert Loggia , Randy Quaid , Margaret Colin , James Rebhorn ,
Harvey Fierstein , Adam Baldwin , Brent Spiner , James Duval , Vivica A. Fox , Lisa Jakub
Roland Emmerich
IMDB 145
1996
On July 2nd| communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous
objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors| they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft| piloted by a mysterious alien
species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere| David Levinson| an ex-scientist turned cable technician| discovers that the aliens are going to
attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd| the aliens all but obliterate New York| Los Angeles and Washington| as well as Paris| London|
Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51| a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien
spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens| and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom.
July 4th is their ...
 The plot is thin and so is character development, but as a thrilling, spectacle-filled summer movie, Independence Day delivers.
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