Film

Independence Day

Name: Independence Day
Director: Roland Emmerich
Released: 1996
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

1996 · 145 min · ★ 6.9 · Dir. Roland Emmerich

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

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.