Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence20th Century Fox/YouTube The nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defence programme to protect the planet. Independence Day: Resurgence (M, 120mins) Directed by Roland Emmerich ★★½One of the event movies of the 1990s (it even ran 24 hours a day on its opening weekend at some cinemas in New Zealand), Independence Day was always going to be a hard act to follow. READ MORE:* Roland Emmerich explains Will Smith's absence from Resurgence* Independence Day director Roland Emmerich keen for New Zealand return* Jeff Goldblum celebrates another Independence Day* Independence Day: Resurgence not a sequel, says director* Liam Hemsworth: 'I don't owe anyone a show and tell'* 10 of Jeff Goldblum's best movie rolesUnfortunately, that's exactly what they do, in bigger numbers and even more advanced firepower. Supplied Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum join forces to try and repel an even bigger alien threat than the original's in Indpendence Day: Resurgence. It's 20 years after the war of 1996 and the citizens of Earth as in a relatively happy place.

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