One and a Half StarsBattle: Los Angeles isn't a fantastic piece of cinema. Yes the camera shook all the time. It was full of "America! Fuck Yeah!" and devoid of any plot.
But it was exactly what it promised it would be, and for that I thank it.
The movie starts out with an old marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) who is whipping a few recruits into shape and about ready to resign. The "meteor shower" that is mentioned on TV quickly turns into "HOLY FUCK THEY ARE ALIENS!". Which is good, because you really can't dawdle in a movie such as this one. The military thinks they are going to "rip these aliens a new asshole", but are quickly out gunned, over powered, and overrun. Can the rundown staff sergeant and his plucky crew of marines save the day and all of Los Angeles?
If you're looking for the rest of the plot... well... there isn't one. If you are looking for a shoot 'em up with aliens and explosions, you will not be disappointed. Battle: LA is everything I thought District 9 was going to be after seeing the previews. District 9 was a fantastic movie, better then Battle: LA, but the previews for District did embellish just a little bit, (if anyone out there was expecting to see a Mech vs. Alien battle, you know what I am talking about). With District 9 I was presently surprised. With Battle: LA, I was not surprised at all, and loved it all the same.
It has a few familiar faces with Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking), Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and the Furious), and Michael Peña (Shooter) to name a few. The acting was good, and really any time you found yourself out of the movie at all it was due to bad writing, not bad acting. You can only do so much with an "aliens attack!" script i suppose.
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