Independence day -Resurgance

A very pleasant surprise.

 Like Jurassic world it is smart enough to retread and remember the first film. 

Aside from Will Smith, who was too expensive. The stars return -Bill Pullman, who last I saw was playing an unrepentant pedophile on Torchwood miracle day
As well as the redoubtable Brent Spiner as the Mad Scientist Dr, Okuda. I did wonder if Pullman was playing Randy Quaid.
Oddly for a picture rooted on the fourth of July , it is clear the film is also pitched at a Chinese audience. The love interest/girl, is Chinese. The moon base commandant is Chinese
We see QQ, not Skype, as the software of choice . (Interestingly the Will Smith analogue does not get the girl)As with Jurassic world we are treated to a homage of the prequel works. There is a lot of telegraphy There is also a drunken Irish skipper. This is not a subtle film. Mind you seeing an Elderly Florida Jew in an action sequence, is a change

We see London and a Chinese city I am afraid to say, I do not recognize destroyed in action sequences. As well as a storming of Cheyenne mountain. So the Harvesters capture the Stargate
( Devlin and Emmerich were the originators of the Stargate universe)
A pity there is no case orange reference
Though the last half hour is clear space monster movie missing its Lt Ripley

Well if you are going to steal steal from the best....