AVClub: The world wasn’t exactly clamoring for a belated sequel to Roland Emmerich’s ’90s disaster movie par excellence Independence Day, and especially not one that skimps on the colorful mass destruction and delivers only the first half of a plot, teasing more to come. But Independence Day: Resurgence deserves credit for at least putting some effort into realizing a post-alien-invasion Earth. Set in a militaristic alternate present enabled by reverse-engineered alien technology, Emmerich’s follow-up to his 1996 signature hit is much more of a pulp sci-fi movie than the original, complete with dashing space pilots, psychic African warlords, and moon bases. Fun as it might be to watch Germany’s premier exponent of conspiracy-theory-inspired big-screen annihilation channel his inner James Cameron, Resurgence ends up falling victim to its attempts to differentiate itself while remaining completely derivative.
With the new The Crow remake coming soon, we take a look back at the 30-year-old cult classic original–and where the stars are now.
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