Independence Day: Resurgence FILM REVIEW

20 years later and Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman return in 'Independence Day: Resurgence.'
As the Fourth of July nears, satellite engineer David Levinson investigates a 3,000-mile-wide mother ship that's approaching Earth. Fortunately, 20 years earlier, nations across the world started to use recovered extraterrestrial technology to develop an immense defense program. When the alien invaders attack with unprecedented force, the U.S. president, teams of scientists and brave fighter pilots spring into action to save the planet from a seemingly invincible enemy.
*1/2 Stars
Independence Day: Resurgence
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay by: Nicolas Wright & James A. Woods and Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich and James Vanderbilt
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jessie T. Usher, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner, William Fichtner
Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci - fi action and destruction, and for some language
Running Time: 2 hours
Rating Scale:
***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average
*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal