Customer Ratings & Reviews

Never ever ever ever mess with the almighty military of the great US of A... foreign, domestic or alien!!!! I still enjoy this movie just as much as I did back in '96! Glad it's part of my 4k catalog for a grab and watch anytime!

Picture quality is solid for a 4K disc. Has both theatrical and extended cut with good bonus features. My only gripe is the quality of 4K disc packaging. The plastic on the bottom of the spine is chipped just from me opening it.

In 1996, this film made over $817 million to become the 2nd highest grossing film of all-time at the time. It made Will Smith a A-lister and a bankable summer blockbuster star. The premise is pretty simple, aliens attack earth and earthlings fight back with all their might to survive. It is not a deep, thought-provoking film; but a fun blockbuster that a whole family or varied group can watch and enjoy without thinking to hard. It is not overly violent either. It had great visual effects, which helped the film earn an Academy Award for best visual effects. Even in 2015, the visual effects stand the test of time, like the Jurassic Park visual effects have stood the test of time. Price: I paid $4.99, but in 2015 I think the most I would spend on this film is $7.99-$9.99. I got it for a great price point and it is worth it to by this if you see it on sale for cheap. If this set came loaded with special features or in a limited packaging I could justify paying more. Packaging: The version I bought is just the standard blu-ray version. There are not a ton of special features, but there is more than just a trailer. The cool thing was the version I bought came with a special edition slipcover (cardboard cover) that is part of the Fox Icon slipcover wave. Overall, happy with the purchase and happy with my experience buying from Best Buy. Note: I would really give this film and packaging a 4.5 if possible. I reserve 5s for absolute masterpieces with great packaging that have an abundance of special features, like the Lord of the Rings extended edition set.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I have owned it on DVD, Blu-Ray, and now in 4K. Several online reviews said the DTS:X soundtrack was worth it alone. They were not kidding. I cranked it up and felt like I was right in the middle of the fighter jet scenes. The picture is crisp and holds up well against many movies today. Buy it now if you do not already own it!

Not the best transfer but still a fun time. Glad i gotnit on sale.

One of my favorite sci-fi classics looks great remastered in 4K and sounds amazing with the DTS-X audio track.

This movie came out 20 years ago I enjoyed it then. Now I am enjoying it once again in 4K. The picture quality is beautiful highly recommend it includes two versions theatrical and extended cut.

One of my favorite movies of all time. This Blu-ray version looks and sounds great! All of the extras are a plus!

Great deals on some really good certain Movies! I would recommend people check out Best Buys DVD's as they have some movies that include a lot more special features than other stores!

Been waiting for this! Best of all Best Buy had on sale when resurgence came out.

Not so much a review on the movie, but the packaging. Best Buy has a horrible habit of putting a stupid 'Best Buy' sticker on the cardboard slip on their BluRay movies. Whatever sticker type they use is horrible as I can never get it off the case and am stuck looking at this nonsense. Overall I'm happy with the $5 BR movie, but had I known Amazon was selling the exact same thing for the same price, and without the sticker, I would have used them.

Good movie for the price. I remember watching it at the movies.

best buy is worse than amazon when it comes to buying movies at this point. you NEVER get the slip covers and now they come all scuffed up with what looks like grease on the cheap trays that hold the discs. unacceptable.

The classic '90s sci-fi blockbuster looking and sounding the best it has since you saw it in the theater - even better depending on where you saw it. Vivid colors, deep blacks, dynamic sound, and all the (sometimes cheesy) cinematic largesse you expect from it.

(As watched on a Sony 55XBR850C tv with a LG UP870 and a Denon AVR3600H.) Movie - 4/5 Story is the typical "aliens are invading, we gotta figure something out" plot. The mid-1990s twist added to it? We hack their ship, which is at least 250+ years ahead of us when it comes to technology, with a mid-1990s PowerBook. Video - 3/5 I expected it to look better. The film looked terrific for the mid-1990s in terms of CGI, and even held up well 10 years later. The original Blu-Ray release looked good and didn't have that "special edition" look to the CGI. The 4k's CGI visuals were completely obvious in the more expansive scenes, but otherwise convincing in the "bombing" scenes, the first dogfight scene, the Area 51 Hanger, and the "in the mothership" scene where everything was CGI. Dynamic range was at least improved over the DVD and Blu-Ray releases, but color was a bit off. Streaming options were limited to 1080p for me and also lacked some visual punch. Audio - 5/5 With a 7.1.2 audio setup, the scene ambience worked in DTS-X far better than I remember. If you closed your eyes, you could feel the opening titles whoosh past you, Russell's biplane fly overhead, and the battle scenes - whoa. Perhaps the best use of this technology, however, is the scene in the hanger when the guard tries to shoot a soda can and is blocked by the spaceship's shield; the pinging of the bullet is heard through all the speakers, adding depth that the 5.1 soundtrack lacked. If you're a fan of the movie and you have a DTS-X capable surround setup, this is a worthwhile purchase. Don't expect to be wowed by the video, but do expect the audio to make up for it.

On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. [pauses] Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!

One of my favorite movies of all time. They dont make blockbuster movies like this no more. Epic, large, and full of heart. It makes you have hope for humanity as a whole, and maybe, just maybe, forget for 2 hours about all the horrible things that are going on around the world.

The 4K Version of this movie looks really good, very detailed. Worth the upgrade from my original blu-ray. I've read the re-released 20th anniversary blu-ray looks really good too though. So it seems the 20th anniversary edition is a good buy regardless of HD/UHD- but if you've got 4K TV go with the 4K disc. However, once again with Fox Studios, if you own digital HD they won't give you a digital UHD. That part is garbage. Other studios upgrade your digital copy. Not Fox. Hoping Disney will change this after they buy them out.

ID4 has always been a favorite of mine. Its goes into my july 4th movies to watch on that day along with Jaws and the Goonies. Yes I know the Goonies isnt a 4th of July film. But it does a have good summer vibes. What best way to watch ID4 is in 4k. The picture looks good. So does the sound.