***FYI: THIS WILL HAVE SPOILERS!!***
(And keep in mind, this is a B-Movie version, not the one in theatres.)
First thing that threw me off was the apostrophe after "Independence"... So independence, is now a plural possessive noun in this title? This Day belongs to two or more Independences? *Facepalm #1*
Second, I decided to let that go... and waited a few moments, and BOOM here are the aliens. Got slapped in the face with them in the first five minutes of the movie. The VFX in the shot that followed the "Surprise Alien Crash" make me gag. The ship, didn't look real, and the flames looked like drag-n-drop. No depth to it, no glow, no turbulent displacement- Just *Plop!* Fire! Bull crap. Most of the effects were like that to be frank. The ships were just... Painful. Except the fighter ships, I liked the detail on those. It's a shame there wasn't more, and longer dog fights... *evil glare* I mean, one dogfight... lasted a few minutes? Wth... The aliens appearance... Physical appearance looked more like a modified version of the creatures from I Am Legend. The Queen? That with a tail.
Ok, ok. Break down further... (With Spoilers! :D)
So, these aliens (Orions) conveniently know English. And know the Vice President (became President after first President's extermination) has a son with a disability (Breaking Bad Reference??) and had a way to cure him. O.O (Omg! That's amazing!)
How did these aliens know English and that the VP's son was disabled? They have Google on the mother ship? Or did they use Bing? Not making much sense so far...
For some reason their "mission of peace" required them to completely destroy the white house and all in side it... Uhh... Not exactly the best way to earn our trust guys... Oh, you cured the VP's kid from (Polio I'm assuming- the legs, not working properly, needs the special crutches? I'm not sure, but that's what is seems like) He's Cured now, so we will suddenly trust you and jump onto your special ships without asking where were going.
Now, this plan of theirs... Overall, was not bad. Get humans to trust them, so they willingly left the planet to the mother ship to be bled dry and ejected into orbit.
Sick right? The less destruction they cause, the less they have to rebuild. Clever.
Don't destroy the leading location of that country next time, and it will work. Start off with the cure first... Less suspicion then guys.
So i liked that plan, it just executed poorly.
Humans also remarkably had geniuses good with biochemistry and computers at the ready for this.
How do we kill the aliens? A cold... A literal cold. Shake hands with the alien queen and OMG! SO PAIN FULL!!
I really did NOT like this movie.
As I said above, the story didn't make sense, the aliens didn't make sense, there were plot holes through it, acting was better in the over-exaggerated commercials of people unable to perform simple tasks without screwing it up.
I hate being so cynical about it, but I do not want to see it again.
I'd advise you to spend your money on another film.
Rating: 1/5
