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Meanwhile, a mind-body duo of scientist (Jeff Goldblum) and fighter pilot (Will Smith) are placed on their respective traintracks of plot-line-toward-hero-ism. Rounding out the cast are stirring love interests ranging from noble stripper (Vivica Fox) to First Lady (Mary McDonnell) and a motley crew of often comic characters, including Star Trek's Bret Spiner ("Data") as a scientist in a secret...
...President, as played by Pullman inspiringly develops from Mr. Smith into J.F.K. Will Smith, as Captain Hitler, brings out the comic potential of fighter-pilot bravado when confronted by a threat so ludicrously daunting as a space invasion. And, exercising the techno-babble he learned in "Jurassic Park," Jeff Goldblum staves off the humorous bickering of his worrying father (Judd Hirsch) to save the world with the scientist's explain-it-all manner...
...Earth's atmosphere, hover over major cities around the globe, then send out a heat ray that pulverizes every urban center. Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow--all barbecued. On July 3 the U.S. President (Bill Pullman) plots his counterattack with the aid of a computer genius (Jeff Goldblum), an Air Force pilot (Will Smith) and all their surviving relatives. By July 4, ID4 has soared into flyboy heaven for the climactic dogfight between Us and the Evil Other. You saw the movie's trailer--didn't it promise you fireworks? All right, ID4 delivers...
...Goldblum yet again puts his pensive, puzzled face and the arching eyebrows to work. (Remember his tortured scientist-turned-insect role in "The Fly" and the prophesizing scientist in "Jurassic Park"?) His newest movie might well be renamed "A Study of Goldblum" or "Goldblum: Closeup and Personal" based on how often the camera decides to dwell reverently...
...Hideaway" weeps for its own lack of inspiration, demonstrating with pitiful clarity how movies have been reduced to good actors and good special effects exploited to the hilt--Jeff Goldblum's just his loveable self, and heaven and hell are much revamped and looking pretty spiffy. Whether this is enough to get us through the movie is another question...