A two decade gap has allowed Independence Day: Resurgence time to develop a self - awareness akin to
the other alien invasion film turning twenty this year: Mars Attacks (the sequel we need).
Not exact matches
The Darkest Hour cribs its dopey premise, concerning invading
alien balls of light with the nasty habit of reducing humans to ash heaps and bent, naturally enough, on world domination, from
other, better
alien -
invasion films (read: any version of War of the Worlds).
The
film offers no murder mystery,
alien invasion or
other earth - rattling event.
Best described as «Red Dawn» meets «Independence Day» and featuring a cast of young up - and - comers, what makes the
film so unique from every
other alien invasion movie are the aggressors themselves: seemingly invisible entities powered by electricity that can incinerate anything with a single touch.
Here you'll find a saga from Paul Thomas Anderson; a dramadey about writer's block; an underrated
film from M. Night Shyamalan; a John Carpenter classic; a horror movie unlike any
other; a star - studded
alien invasion comedy; and more!
Those speeches, combined with all of the
other combat movie cliches found in Battle: Los Angeles, reveal the
film to be little more than a traditional war
film disguised as an
alien invasion flick, tailor - made for a generation of kids raised on first - person shooters and jitter - inducing energy drinks.