It's undeniably visually impressive, but like its predecessor, Independence Day: Resurgence lacks enough emotional heft to support its end-of-the-world narrative stakes.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Roland Emmerich -
Producer -
Dean Devlin , Roland Emmerich , Harald Kloser -
Screenwriter -
Roland Emmerich , Dean Devlin , Nicolas Wright , James A. Woods , James Vanderbilt -
Distributor -
20th Century Fox -
Production Co -
20th Century Fox , TSG Entertainment , Centropolis Entertainment -
Rating -
PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Action|Destruction|Some Language) -
Genre -
Sci-Fi , Action , Adventure -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jun 24, 2016, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 27, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$103.1M -
Runtime -
2h 0m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Atmos -
Aspect Ratio -
Scope (2.35:1)
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