An average movie

Next year, Roland Emmerich will come back with a new sequel for ‘Independence Day’, 20 years later after the original movie, and we will see if it becomes a huge success like ‘Jurassic World’ or just another unnecessary sequel. In the mean time, I decided to watch this obscure flick which would be Emmerich's last German production. Unfortunately, the DVD I found was only dubbed in French but, eventually, since the whole thing was just really weak, I don’t think I really missed much. Indeed, even though it was visually appealing, the story and the characters involved were just rather abysmal. Basically, the plot was really murky but, above all, really boring. Concerning the actors, of course, you had Malcolm McDowell playing the bad guy and cashing his paycheck but I was above all amazed by Michael Paré, the lead actor. I mean , the guy had a pretty face, I’ll give you that, but I don’t think I ever have seen an actor who was so expressionless. Basically, the guy provided 2 faces throughout the whole thing: with or without a cigarette. To conclude, even though the whole thing had some potential, it was pretty much a really weak B feature and I don’t think it is really worth a look.