Independence Day
Mockbusters are n’t exactly known for their quality butIndependence Daysastermarked an all - sentence low for the genre . For the uninitiated , mockbustersare a limited species of movies that attempt to piggyback off the success and ballyhoo for more gamy - visibility film . Typified by petite budget , very quick turnaround , and suspiciously similar rubric , the mockbuster writing style has produced such films asSnakes On A Train , Paranormal EntityandAVH : Alien Vs Hunter – which , queerly enough , were all made by mainstay purveyor of mockbuster movies The Asylum .
Some mockbusters fall into the “ so spoiled they ’re secure ” territory . Abraham Lincoln Vs Zombies , for example , was a somewhat uproarious rip - off ofAbraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunterthat do good from not taking itself too badly and a brilliant performance from Bill Oberst Jr. ofTake This Lollipopfame as the titulary former president . South Korean mockbusterApe- a rip - off of Dino De Laurentiis ’ 1976King Kongremake - is deserving seeing just to find a 36 - ft - magniloquent gorilla give a caboodle of military guys the fingerbreadth .
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Independence Daysaster , on the other hand , does n’t do the mockbuster genre any favors . Just in face the title was n’t a big enough clue , this is a mockbuster of Roland Emmerich ’s 1996 blockbusterIndependence Day . AlthoughIndependence Daysastercame out in 2013 – almost two decades after its namesake – many distrust the movie was likely rushed into production after Emmerich ’s long - await sequelIndependence Day : Resurgencewas last do into realisation around the same time .
From its loyal holiday setting and evil unknown with dishonest intention to the motley work party of people forced to make unnecessary the daylight when the government turn over out to be ineffectual , Independence Daysasteris a straight - up rent - off ofIndependence Day . But whileIndependence Dayhad the budget to make analien invasionplot oeuvre , Independence Daysasterclearly does not . Although viewers are insure upper-case letter city like Washington D.C. , London and Beijing are all wipe out by extraterrestrial , much of the action take blank space in the small town of Moose Ridge where President Sam Garsette ( Tom Everett Scott,13 understanding Why ) just go on to be visiting his heroical firefighter brother Pete ( Ryan Merriman , Pretty Little Liars ) .
While a miserable budget and lack of originality are to be expected with a mockbuster , Independence Daysastersuffers from more than just that . The CGI is beyond bad from its dicey exotic spacecrafts to its military eggbeater which somehow ca n’t even summon a semblance of realism . And not only doesIndependence Daysastertake itself much more seriously than a mockbuster should , the alien race that ’s hellbent on destroying all earthlings are n’t even shown – although considering the FX , perhaps that ’s a good matter . Stick toIndependence Day .
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