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- Rick MastersMay 18, 2026"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. "Mankind." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!"
- SALVO GERMANYMarch 1, 2026Independence Day hits like a cinematic pre-workout: loud, bold, zero hesitation. Will Smith brings pure swagger while Roland Emmerich goes full destruction mode. A bit dated, but the energy still slaps. Big scale, big speeches, big alien chaos. When I want spectacle without overthinking, this is the one.
- AjayFebruary 15, 2026It's a great movie, don't get me wrong - but it falls into the stererotype of 90's flicks that present a grave threat to Earth, and are solved through sheer willpower, science and realism be damned. Of course, I'm not expecting anything super detailed or thought provoking, since it's Emmerich on alien invaders, but the cheesy good ending and "huzzah for mankind" really trivialises the impact of the threat.
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Independence Day was released on July 2, 1996.
Independence Day was directed by Roland Emmerich.
Independence Day has a runtime of 2h 25m.
Independence Day was produced by Dean Devlin.
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.
The key characters in Independence Day are Capt. Steven Hiller (Will Smith), President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman), David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum).
Independence Day is rated PG-13.
Independence Day is an Action, Adventure, Science Fiction film.
Independence Day has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.
Independence Day had a budget of $75M.
Independence Day has made $817.4M at the box office.