For years, there have been documented cases of UFO sightings around the world. But in 2011, what were once just sightings will become a terrifying reality when Earth is attacked by unknown forces.
Unintentionally hilarious but mildly entertaining propaganda, which sees a bunch of U.S. Marines in urban warfare against alien invaders. Director Jonathan Liebesman beats you over the head with every military cliché in the book within the first 10 minutes, and doesn't let up for the next hour or so.
Aaron Eckhart ('The Black Dahlia') plays guilt-ridden, battle-hardened Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz; whose about to retire when some extraterrestrials decide to take L.A. with a D-Day style onslaught from Venice beach. Eckhart's character is like a live-action Buzz Lightyear who shouts every other line and seems intent on making us forget that Aaron Eckhart is actually a great actor who has no business being in this movie. In fact, keeping with the 'Toy Story' comparison, 'Battle: Los Angeles' is probably the closest we'll ever get to seeing a film featuring Sarge and his bucket O' soldiers, the only difference being that those little green plastic men have more depth and range than the entire cast of 'Battle: Los Angeles'.
On the plus side; they're a handful of competently shot, 'Cloverfield' style action scenes (e.g. the highway assault), it's well paced and shaky cam isn't used to the point of inducing nausea. That said, you'll be hard pressed not to laugh at the absurd, 'God bless America' theatrics and a perfunctory script, which contains howlers like: "We're not going to die here, corporal", shouted at full volume, of course. 'Battle: Los Angeles' also seems to take place in an alternate reality: in an America where we're led to believe that an alien invasion wouldn't be a welcome sight, an America that hasn't lost the wars it started and isn't riddled with corruption, sleaze or a mountain of self-inflicted debt. In short, 'Battle: Los Angeles' is to realism what Fox News is to journalistic integrity.
But if you can smile at the filmmaker's delusional pomposity, then there are just enough enjoyable set pieces to drag you past the 116-minute mark, kicking and screaming perhaps, but kicking like a mule and screaming like a Marine. Hoo Rah...or something.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Witness the end of civilization unfold as hostile alien invaders attack the planet. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. Now it's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered in this epic sci-fi action film.
Big-budget alien invasion sci-fi action thriller starring Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez. When the world's biggest cities are subjected to a coordinated surprise attack from a hostile extraterrestrial invasion, it is up to a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his newly-formed platoon to provide the first line of defence against the alien intruders as they strike Los Angeles. Making up the rules as they go along, the soldiers must give it their all as they defend their city against an unknown enemy.
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