Who remembers these?
Toys just aren’t that cool nowadays.
By all accounts 1996’s ID shouldn’t be as loved as it is. It’s jingoistic, chest-thumping nature and general over the top Americanisms should have annoyed the hell out of us all.
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like it though. The mixture of Will Smith, iconic imagery and the film’s ability to pull together groups of people into characters we cared about was damn impressive. Then were was the devilishly handsome Goldblum. It didn’t matter where you were from, Bill Pullman’s inspiring speech just wanted you to stand crazily to attention! A true event movie, it was always going to be difficult to follow up.
Resurgence proves this and then some. Because it’s a bit crap.
Without a truly charismatic figure at the front to welcome the aliens to Earth the story lacks any sort of forward drive.
Stuff just happens. For all the destruction on show the entire film is remarkably tension free. Only once did I actually fear for someone and they weren’t even important to the story!
Brent Spiner’s Okun is lively, but him and the old guard are purely nostalgia based. That would be fine is the newer cast left any kind of impression.
There were loads of things eleven year old Super Duper wanted more of back in 1996. More of the strikingly designed aliens. A human race that can stick up for itself with more advanced weaponry. More ground battles and more destruction.
But what do I know? I felt so distanced from it all.
You’d be better off saving your money and just watching your DVD of the original. There are a number of late sequel slash soft reboots out there now. Sadly Resurgence is not one of them.
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