Take "Star Wars" out on the freeway and smash it into "Independence Day". The resulting mess would be something along the lines of "Battle Los Angeles".
Sledge is not gonna love this one.
Filmed entirely in "shakycam", a group of Marines, led by "Two Face" Aaron Eckhart, in the middle of an alien invasion of Los Angeles, tries to rescue a half dozen group of survivors from a abandoned police station to a military outpost, where they can all be safely evacuated from the city before the entire city is nuked. But because the aliens, using water for fuel, have overrun and destroyed the city, this is gonna be difficult.
It's a good thing this wasn't also filmed in 3-D, because with the earthquake feeling you get from watching this movie, the puke would have flown. And that's not good.
This movie offers nothing new but the same old cliched plotlines. Soon to be retired Marine is dragged back for one last mission? Check. Same Marine who lost the respect for his men, because he failed to save the lives of the members of his last platoon, so he has to prove himself? Check. Runs across the only person who knows where the mothership is, yet nobody believes her? Check. Platoon, by itself, saves Los Angeles by destroying the mothership with only one missile? Check.
I don't want to say this movie is that awful, it's really not, but you shouldn't waste several dollars seeing something you've already seen. There are some good action sequences, and outstanding acting from Eckhart, but overall this movie warrants either a rental or an HBO watch at best.
This movie is rated PG-13 and runs 116 minutes. I'd show you the trailer for this one, but it won't change your mind about seeing it one way or the other.
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