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What Does Vivica A. Fox’s Reprisal in ‘Independence Day 2’ Mean for Will Smith’s Character?
A few weeks ago we learned that Independence Day 2 (also known by the awful title ID Forever) takes place 20 years after the 1996 film and sees alien reinforcements coming to earth following a distress call sent by the first failed wave of invaders that Will Smith punched in the face.
Director Roland Emmerich announced on his Twitter page that Vivica A. Fox is reprising her role as Jasmine Dubrow, the stripper who winds up marrying Will Smith’s Capt. Steven Hiller. She joins a cast that already includes Bill Pullman, Jessie Usher, Jeff Goldblum, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Liam Hemsworth.
Smith has opted out for the sequel and it’s already been confirmed that the story will center on his stepson Dylan, played by Jessie Usher. Now that Fox has signed on, does this mean Smith’s character is dead in the new film? Will Jasmine Dubrow be a widow or a divorcee? As long as Pullman and Goldblum are reprising their roles, does anyone really give a shit if Smith’s character is dead or not?
Let the speculation begin.
Shooting on Independence Day 2 begins this May in Montreal.
20th Century Fox is planning on a June 24, 2016 release.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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