Battle: Los Angeles
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When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics largely dismissed Battle: Los Angeles as a cliché-ridden, exhausting slog of shaky-cam action and thin characters, though a minority found it a competent, unpretentious genre workout. The divide is essentially between those who found the relentless combat sequences numbing and those who accepted them as the film's sole and sufficient purpose.
“noisy, violent, ugly and stupid”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Things blow up good and Eckhart is a classier actor than his role warrants, but we've all been here before.”
Kim Newman·Empire
“lumbers the flat military characters with hackneyed dialogue and corny sentimentality”
Nigel Floyd·Time Out
“loud, frenetic, viscerally gripping two-hour tour of duty that mostly plays fair by the rules of the genre and mostly avoids macho posturing.”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“Original, it's not. Exciting, it is. This jacked-up B-movie hybrid of Black Hawk Down and War of the Worlds is a modest but crafty triumph of tension over good sense and cliche.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
Genres
Science Fiction, Action
Cast & Crew
Jonathan LiebesmanDirector
Aaron EckhartMichael Nantz
Ramón RodríguezWilliam Martinez
Will RothhaarCpl. Lee Imlay
Michael PeñaJoe Rincon
Bridget MoynahanMichelle
Noel FisherPfc. Shaun Lenihan
Joey KingKirsten
Beth KeenerKathy Martinez
Jessica HeapJessy
Cory HardrictCpl. Jason Lockett
Jim ParrackPeter Kerns
Gino Anthony PesiCpl. Nick Stavrou
Brian TylerComposer
Freddie GibbsComposerBattle: Los Angeles
When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics largely dismissed Battle: Los Angeles as a cliché-ridden, exhausting slog of shaky-cam action and thin characters, though a minority found it a competent, unpretentious genre workout. The divide is essentially between those who found the relentless combat sequences numbing and those who accepted them as the film's sole and sufficient purpose.
“noisy, violent, ugly and stupid”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Things blow up good and Eckhart is a classier actor than his role warrants, but we've all been here before.”
Kim Newman·Empire
“lumbers the flat military characters with hackneyed dialogue and corny sentimentality”
Nigel Floyd·Time Out
“loud, frenetic, viscerally gripping two-hour tour of duty that mostly plays fair by the rules of the genre and mostly avoids macho posturing.”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“Original, it's not. Exciting, it is. This jacked-up B-movie hybrid of Black Hawk Down and War of the Worlds is a modest but crafty triumph of tension over good sense and cliche.”
Michael Phillips·Chicago Tribune
Genres
Science Fiction, Action
Cast & Crew
Jonathan LiebesmanDirectorAaron EckhartMichael NantzRamón RodríguezWilliam MartinezWill RothhaarCpl. Lee ImlayMichael PeñaJoe RinconBridget MoynahanMichelleNoel FisherPfc. Shaun LenihanJoey KingKirstenBeth KeenerKathy MartinezJessica HeapJessyCory HardrictCpl. Jason LockettJim ParrackPeter KernsGino Anthony PesiCpl. Nick StavrouBrian TylerComposerFreddie GibbsComposerRent & Buy