Battle Los Angeles

Original title: Battle: Los Angeles

2011
PG-13
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

187K

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POPULARITY

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Alien Invasion Urban Adventure Action Adventure Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

187K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,340

189

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

Trivia
Aaron Eckhart broke his arm while filming a stunt. He never missed a day of work because of it.

Goofs
At the mission briefing, pictures taken by the Hubble telescope of the "meteors" falling to Earth are shown to the marines. Hubble is a deep space telescope, virtually useless for taking pictures of anything in Earth's atmosphere.

Quotes
SSgt. Michael Nantz: All right, Lockett. You wanna go there. Let's go there. I commanded men and men died. Kids. 19 years old. The best men I ever led. Do you think for a second I wouldn't rather trade places with them? I know you think I got my men killed. They're dead. I'm here. Like the punchline to some bad joke. You think I like that? Do you think a minute goes by that those faces aren't right here
[points to head]
SSgt. Michael Nantz: seared into my brain?
SSgt. Michael Nantz: Dante, Thomas T. Corporal. 1-5-6-5-0-9-3-8-6.
SSgt. Michael Nantz: Ambruster, William R. Private. 8-7-6-6-6-2-3-5-4.
SSgt. Michael Nantz: Wharton, Jeffrey H. Lance Corporal. 8-7-4-2-7-3-9-9-3.
SSgt. Michael Nantz: Lockett, Duane G. Corporal. 1-5-6-8-7-0-9
SSgt. Michael Nantz, Cpl. Jason Lockett: 5-5.
SSgt. Michael Nantz: Your brother was an outstanding Marine. He was my friend. And I miss him every day. And you remind me of him.

Crazy credits
There are no opening credits, except for the film's title.

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: Battle: Los Angeles and The Galaxy Invader (2011)

Soundtracks
California Love
Written by Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton, Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Mikel Hooks and Ronnie Hudson
Performed by Tupac Shakur (as 2Pac) featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
Courtesy of Wideawake-Death Row Entertainment LLC
Under license from Evergreen Copyrights, Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

Finally ... What I wanted to see after I watched the trailer for Skyline !!!!

I went into this movie with low expectations after the relative disappointment which was skyline, a film that promised so much from the trailer and delivered far less.

However, im glad to say any misgivings I had were quickly expelled. Now don't get me wrong, this isn't the greatest film ever made, and in many ways it fails to hold a candle to the likes of independence day, which in my opinion is one of the greatest films of its type ever made. It does however, bring a much more up close and personal aspect to an alien invasion. Its more like watching a war filmed in Iraq or something, but that in itself is what separates it from a muddle of recent alien invasion movies that fails to ignite any kind of fire in the mind.

The film moves at an unrelenting pace, with good action sequences and cgi to boot, its predictable at times and the ending fails to come up with something clever or original, but hey ... you cant have everything !!!