Independence Day: Resurgence - 8 Reasons It's The Worst Movie Of Summer 2016

There's a major pacing problem in Hollywood at the moment, with an onslaught of films that have so clearly been butchered in the edit; whether it be having a far too long movie sliced down to palatable length (Batman V Superman, Warcraft) or a filmmaker not knowing what story to tell (X-Men: Apocalypse), it's been the defining problem of 2016.

Independence Day: Resurgence is no different; along with a spate of bizarre continuity errors, there's an odd speed to the story, although where the pacing hurts the film the most is in the complete reduction of conflict and dumbing down of the already simple characters.

When I say "reduction" I mean that there is no conflict. Sure, we don't want the aliens here, but every strike against them feels like we're going through the motions; there's no fear against the insurmountable odds, with solutions delivered by alien mind control and even the most ludicrous of plans accepted as a sure thing immediately.

Take the moment where Jeff Goldblum guesses that the new ship has an alien queen in it, and not only is the out-there idea accepted as 100% truth immediately by everyone around him, but characters on the other side of the world also suddenly know this presumed fact (something which only further reduces the sense of scale). Now the logic leap is somewhat similar to his "overload the shield" plan in the first movie, but there it was clearly regarded with scepticism and was surrounded by an overall sense of uncertainty; here it's all hands on deck at the bequest of a madman.