Battle: Los Angeles Movie Review
Language: English
Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Thriller, War
Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramón RodrÃguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, Michael Peña
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Music: Brian Tyler
Reasons to watch: Special effects…. CGI….. EFX…. Hmmm did I mention Special Effects??
Reasons not to watch: Screenplay. Well, you don’t need one when all you are going to portray is irrational mayhem!
Storyline: The attack by aliens on Earth has left the natives shocked and helpless, as extra-terrestrial armies from the skies and oceans prepare to annihilate humankind. On American soil, all the residents of Santa Monica in Los Angeles are being relocated to avoid becoming collateral, as the Marines decide to blow up the whole place to stop the aliens from proceeding with their plans. Aaron Eckhart plays Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz, who gets called back to service after a controversial stint in Afghanistan. The Marine unit encounters a legion of alien soldiers and ships armed with technologically advanced munitions, while trying to rescue the civilians (a frightened group of people that includes Bridget Moynahan and Michael Peña) who are still stuck inside Santa Monica. With an enemy who shows no remorse, humankind fights for it’s survival by the second.
The director spends the first 15 minutes of the movie in trying to develop nondescrepit characters with totally insensible personalities. The story, screenplay and dialogues intensify a messy set of stereotypes, that is common to every war film before kicking off the carnage driven by special effects!
Climax Handling: “Battle: Los Angeles” finally manages to enthrall you at the end, but then it’s all a little too late!
Points: It also looks like Liebesman has strived hard to build high levels of nausea among the audiences, with a constantly wobbling camera that is unendurable at times, with every quivering maneuver shot by an irregularly oscillating frame.
Rating: 7/10
Comments: “Battle: Los Angeles” is nothing close to Independence Day as an alien invasion movie. It is just a war film with an annoying display of pyrotechnics and infrequent alien manifestations! Yet, with it’s classic portrayal of military action enhanced by modern day special effects, Battle: Los Angeles scores in patches.
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