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Name: Independence Day
Director: Roland Emmerich
Genre: action, adventure, science-fiction
Released: 1996
Duration: 2 h 25 min
Rating: 7

Independence Day has an iRankMovies score of 67.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Independence Day (1996)

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Release:1996

Runtime:2h 25m

Country:United States

Director:Roland Emmerich

Language:English

Genre

ActionAdventureScience Fiction

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Keywords

SpacecraftShowdownIndependencePatriotismCountdownInvasionAlienUfo

iRank67

Independence Day rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 642K votes

Rotten Tomatoes69%

Metacritic59%

TMDb6.91/10· 10K votes

With 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 59/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Independence Day

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 of Independence Day

Will Smith
as Capt. Steven Hiller
Bill Pullman
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum
as David Levinson
Mary McDonnell
as Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch
as Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia
as General William Grey
Randy Quaid
as Russell Casse
Margaret Colin
as Constance Spano
James Rebhorn
as Albert Nimzicki
Harvey Fierstein
as Marty Gilbert
Adam Baldwin
as Major Mitchell
Brent Spiner
as Dr. Brackish Okun

Independence Day facts

Budget: $75M
Box office: $817.4M
Collection: Independence Day Collection

Our take on Independence Day

Roland Emmerich's 1996 blockbuster is disaster spectacle at maximum scale: strange phenomena bloom worldwide, skies ignite, and terror sweeps the planet's great cities as an overwhelming alien force reveals its mission of total annihilation over a Fourth of July weekend. The last hope rests with an unlikely group of people bound together by fate and impossible circumstance. It is action-adventure science fiction built for size, momentum and rousing set pieces rather than subtlety, leaning on iconic destruction and a rally-the-troops spirit. It suits viewers wanting a big, communal popcorn ride, and while its scope is huge, the story stands entirely on its own.

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