Independence Day Resurgence 3D BD [Blu-ray] [2017]

I liked that is was shipped on time in good packing condition.

Amazing worth the watch

A sequel finally arrives to 1996's 'Independence Day.' Familiarity with that film will help with seeing this. But you will doubtless have seen it if you do.It's twenty years after the human race beat the aliens and saved the Earth. Humanity and Those involved have moved on. But Stephen Hiller [Will Smith] has died in the meantime. Studying the alien technology has advanced human technology. Now we have have a space defence force and bases out in the solar system. To defend against the aliens should they come back. As some expect them to.What nobody quite expects is the scale of the return when it happens...This tries to do what the first film did. But be new by making the threat bigger. And bigger it is. To it's credit it is a proper sequel, as it does try to develop things from the first thing and show how the world has developed as a result. It also, by virtue of it's international defence force, makes it a totally international and not just American effort. Hollywood doesn't give the rest of the world cause to complain! Disgraceful I say!New characters mix with returning ones. It has to be said the latter do make more of an impression than the former by and large. Particularly Jeff Goldbum, David Levinson now in a position of authority. And Judd Hirsch. Once again doing the old Jewish dad routine talking about his ungrateful son and how anyone who disagrees is a putz! Both are superb light comedic actors and get great moments, especially when in scenes together where they have a great chemisty. His dad's relationship with a group of orphaned kids he falls in with is also played just right, never sentimental or humorous.The action is decent. The jeopardy level is good. A dog is caught up in that once again. [Don't panic you know how it's going to turn out]. What it can't quite offer is the shock of the new that the original gave us. But for fun science fiction action blockbuster escapism, it's not bad. So it's an entertaining watch.The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Castilian Spanish, Italian.Subtitles: English, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian.[Not all those are mentioned on the back of the box but I have checked the disc and the above is correct}.The disc begins with two generic adverts but you can skip those via the next button on the dvd remote.Extras:Eight minutes worth of deleted scenes. Can be watched individually or in a row. With or without director commentary.A commentary on the film from the director.Five galleries of concept art.Two cinema trailers and one tv ad for the film.A five minute long gag reel. Which is mostly silliness for the sake of it but has some fun moments and a great example of the old adage about working with animals.The war of 1996: a four minute long feature, a tv spot looking back on the events of 1996. This is pretty good.And it's early ABQ! Another especially made feature, which runs for three minutes and sees David's dad on breakfast tv to promote his book. This is hilarious and well worth a watch. Spot the surprise cameo as well..

Good decent quality movie and 4K looks amazing

Firstly my 3 star review isn't about the quality of this film on 4K, it looks and sounds amazing! It's just a huge disappointment of a sequel after 20 years of waiting.20 years after the invasion, we see humanity using the alien technology to help improve transport as well as defenses. What I did love is seeing Bill Pullman reprise his role as former U.S. President James Whitmore, who is haunted by the events of the first invasion and is seemingly an old broken man. Jeff Goldblum is back as David who is now in an expert advisory role and his Dad, Julius is also back with Judd Hirsch making his return also. Brent Spiner returns as the long haired scientist Dr Okun, who many believed had died after being used by an alien for communication with President Whitmore but is actually in a coma that he has been in for 20 years. Seems a but far fetched that but great to see him back. He is accompanied by Dr Isaacs, again played by John Storey.There was no return for Will Smith and his character Captain Steven Hiller as apparently Will Smith wanted more money to reprise the role, so instead they wrote him out in this sequel. I was also disappointed to see no return of David's wife and Whitmore's assistant Connie, played by Margaret Colin. Seems her reconciliation with in the first film still didn't end up working out.Vivica Fox returns as Jasmine for a brief appearance but you'll see how quick she comes and goes. I felt this could have been handled so much better considering how important she was in the first film.Dylan is all grown up and is a pilot, as is President Whitmore's daughter Patricia Whitmore, following in her Father's footsteps.This film does delve into more about the origins of the aliens which is good but the film is so different from the original, it just feels too futuristic and written like a very expensive Sci-Fi Channel film with some big names attached.Such a disappointment to have waited 20 years, only to get this. There is a tease of a 3rd film but I can't see it happening.

VERY GOOD DVD

What a disapointment, where's the sound track that makes everyone jump and feel involved throughout this movie has someone forgotten to put it in, or not included in the movie. All shows have sound tracks that either help or kill the movies that they put on disc. The suspense wasn't there it was disappointing to me as I expected a lot better and could have been. Why do they make a fantastic movie and than the follow up is half mast, I was going to say something else but changed my mind. Now it could have been more different with the aliens as they have the same way of been so advanced yet still the same old version as in the first one of getting rid of the people. Twenty years hasn't made any difference to the aliens. Come on this is slipping to a B grade movie.The cast are fantastic the ideas are good but lacking the punch of the aliens. I rated this an A grade as been watchable. This is my opinion only but its how I see it. Enjoy!

Excelente

Ce film fait suite au premier.Depuis 20 ans les nations du monde ont travaillé ensemble sur un important programme de défense colossal fondé sur la technologie extraterrestre récupérée lors de la première invasion sous la supervision de David Levinson qui est désormais le directeur de la défense spatiale. Les forces armées de la Terre comptent maintenant des chasseurs équipés de canons lasers, des satellites de défense et des bases de défenses sur la Lune et sur Rhéa équipées des mêmes super lasers utilisés par les extraterrestres pour détruire les villes dans le premier opus.Les nations du monde s'apprêtent à fêter le vingtième anniversaire de la victoire sur les envahisseurs sous la houlette de Elisabeth Lanford, présidente des États-Unis et avec la présence de Thomas J. Whitmore et du général Grey, héros victorieux lors de l'invasion. Dans le même temps, David Levinson se rend en Afrique avec un détachement des Nations unies, où subsiste le seul destroyer extraterrestre qui s'était posé sur Terre et qui vient de se réactiver. À l'intérieur, il découvre que le vaisseau avait émis un signal de détresse en 1996 après la destruction du vaisseau-mère. Au même moment, un immense vaisseau sphérique émerge d'une faille spatiale au dessus de la Lune ; pensant qu'il s'agit du retour des envahisseurs, la présidente Lanford en accord avec le conseil de sécurité mondial, ordonne à la base lunaire d'attaquer la sphère au moyen du super laser. La sphère est détruite et s'écrase sur la Lune. David Levinson demande alors à se rendre sur place pour étudier les débris, il émet toutefois des doutes sur l'identité des envahisseurs.Pendant que sur la Lune, David récupère dans les débris une sphère plus petite mais intacte, un gigantesque vaisseau extraterrestre fait alors son apparition. La navette de David est prise dans le champ de gravité du vaisseau alien, la base lunaire riposte à l'aide de son super laser mais les boucliers du vaisseau repoussent le tir, puis la base est pulvérisée par les armes du vaisseau. Celui-ci s'approchant de l'orbite terrestre, les nations du monde décident d'utiliser leurs satellites de défense, mais ils sont tous détruits avant d'avoir pu faire feu.Il faudra compter sur l'ingéniosité d'hommes et de femmes pour sauver la Terre.

ESTUPENDA

il capitolo n.2 si apre nella prima ora con entusiasmo ma senza stravolgere in assalti e transienti così tanto attesi , ma per scoppiare in un crescendo di scene veloci nella seconda metà dell episodio , intrattenimento a livello sci-fi sempre con ...purtroppo...una solita traccia standard dell azienda DTS che comunque fa la sua possente presenza ...ma ci si aspetterebbe almeno un True Hd 7.1 o un DTS MA 7.1!! buon divertimento !

Le retour de l'aventure est au rendez-vous.....les effets spéciaux sont aussi encore plus spectaculaires que le premier opus !Les rôles ont mûris, les acteurs assument leur maturité et les aliens sont tout autant nuisibles qu'avant !Un grand spectacle pour les amateurs de S-F et les fans de Jeff Goldblum.....les autres vont découvrir un film qui les impressionnera au plus haut point !