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69% Critic Match
Independence Day
“The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.”
6.9 / 10• 1996• 2h 25m•PG-13• English
ActionAdventureScience Fiction
Storyline
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Cast & Crew
Will Smith
Capt. Steven Hiller
Lead
Bill Pullman
President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum
David Levinson
Mary McDonnell
Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch
Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia
General William Grey
Randy Quaid
Russell Casse
Margaret Colin
Constance Spano
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roland Emmerich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Independence Day is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
