Plot: 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. 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 Independence Day...