Independence Day: Resurgence

General Lao Jiang: It crashed into Van de Graaff crater. We are not picking up any signs of life. US President Elizabeth Lanford: Let's hope to God we did the right thing. David Levinson: Madam President, we need to send a team up to investigate the wreckage. We need to know who we just shot down. Reese Tanner: There's no sign of life and the threat has been neutralized. [to Lanford] We can send a team up, but David needs to be in DC. Levinson: No, oh. Can we not make this political. I need to get up there and get answers. Lanford: David, you can lead a team up there, but after the celebration.

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David Levinson: I've had years to get us ready. We never had a chance. President Whitmore: We didn't last time, either. We always knew they were coming back. But look how far we've come. In the last 20 years, this planet has been unified in a way that's unprecedented in human history. That's sacred. That's worth fighting for. We convinced an entire generation that this is a battle we could win. And they believed us. We can't let them down. It wasn't luck last time. It was our resolve. We all have to fight till our last breath. And that is going to lead us to victory.

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Assistant: What are you idiots doing? Team Member 1: The world's going to an end. Team Leader: Even worse, we lost the gold. So we thought we drink a little! Assistant: US government is on the line. They say the aliens are drilling to the Earth's core and they are looking for a ship in the area to monitor their progress. We're the only ones left. Team Leader: Tell them we'll do it - for a hundred million dollars. [the gang laughs] Assistant: [to caller] Yeah, hold on a second. He's drunk. [to Team Leader] They say it's a deal.

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David Levinson: Why are you here? Sphere AI: When I intercepted their distress call, I knew they would come to exterminate you. I came to evacuate as many of you as possible. But you attacked me with the same weapons that they used on us. Levinson: They attacked you? Sphere AI: Correct. [shows hologram of a Harvester ship and a planet] A harvester ship conquered our planet and extracted it's molten core. They used them to refuel their ships and grow their technology. They've done this to countless civilizations. We fought them for thousands of years. But they destroyed all of our ships. I, am the sole survivor. Dr Brackish Okun: I am so sorry to hear that. Do you have a plan? Sphere AI: My system holds the key to superior technology. And there is a hidden planet where I teach refugees from other fallen worlds how to build weapons that will defeat them once and for all. Dr Catherine Marceaux: That's why they're afraid of you. You're the only ones who threaten their existence. Sphere AI:

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Patricia Whitmore: Why are they screaming? Dr. Brackish Okun: They're not screaming. They're celebrating.

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President Thomas Whitmore: It's good to see you flying again. Your place is in the air. Patricia: You should have let me do this. You saved the world once, Dad. President Whitmore: I'm not saving the world, Patty. I'm saving you. [feels his head as the Harvester mothership starts closing its underbelly aperture] Thomas Adams: Tom, what's going on? President Whitmore: She's in my head. Adams: Mr President, you got incoming fighters on your six. President Whitmore: Can you get me to the target, Lt. Whitmore? Patricia: Yes, sir. Follow me.

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