a5c7b9f00b After a meteor shower around the world, the governments learn that it is actually an alien invasion and organize counter-attacks. In Los Angeles, the Marine Sergeant Michael Nantz is ready to retire after a great trauma in the past when he lost all the men under his command in a mission. However, his platoon is assigned to bring the civilians that are sheltered in the Police Department, in an area dominated by the aliens, back to forward operating base (F.O.B.) before the bombs drop on the city. Sgt. Nantz assists 2nd Lieutenant William Martinez and they have to accomplish their mission within three hours. The marines meet few civilians and survivors from other commandos and when they are ready to fly to the base, the helicopter with the wounded marines is shot down and crashes. Now the marines need to reach the base with the civilians through the destroyed streets and highways using a bus. Along their journey, the marines learn how to kill the invaders but only a few of them survive. When the mission is accomplished, Sgt. Nantz and the survivors decide to destroy the alien communication center and consequently their airborne force.
A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.
Yeah, i get the message: The military, thats the good guys. All trustworthy, self-sacrificing heroes, concerned only about how to protect and care for us fellow civilians, leaving &quot;no one behind&quot;.<br/><br/>That&#39;s why we must &quot;support our troops&quot; and spend 711 billions each year in military expenses (almost five times as much as the next big spender, china, with throws out a still impressive 143 billions) instead of schools and health care. Yeah, because there is always the treat of….erm… an alien invasion.<br/><br/>It&#39;s funny - back in the day they showed propaganda flicks like this in the theaters previous to the actual movie. it&#39;s sad that they since somehow managed to make us actually pay for it (You can actually see a &quot;support our troops&quot; billboard in the background of a battle scene - yes, it&#39;s as subtle as this).<br/><br/>Well, if you are a fan of old school propaganda war movies that feature black and white characters and a lot of heroism, shooting, and blowing up things, you might enjoy this in all ranks predictable effort.
I am not a pro-military person: I appreciate and value what the armed forces do for our country even if I don&#39;t always support or agree with how our forces are used (for which I always blame the higher ups rather than the grunts carrying out the orders). That said, there is something almost primal about the satisfaction I get from watching such thumpingly patriotic films. It&#39;s close to the same feeling I get when watching underdog sports films like &quot;Rudy&quot; or &quot;Moneyball&quot;. Which is why I truly enjoy &quot;Battle Los Angeles&quot; and think it&#39;s undeserving of the hate it&#39;s received.<br/><br/>Okay, so we know the basics: a career Marine (Aaron Eckhart) who&#39;s put in for a discharge gets sucked back into active duty when alien creatures land on Earth. Battles are fought, tensions rise between Eckhart&#39;s character and others in his platoon, but duty, honor, and discipline win out in the end as the platoon bands together to fight the alien incursion. Is the alien storyline hokey and simplistic? Duh. The movie isn&#39;t about the aliens; they&#39;re simply an excuse to watch the interactions of these Marines as they struggle to find their common purpose and trust in one another. In which case, the story is almost irrelevant. Fun, in a turn-off-your-brain kind of way, but irrelevant. And certainly a lot lighter in tone than had the film been set in Afghanistan or Iraq and revolving around the tensions in that area of the world. Don&#39;t get me wrong, films of that type have their place, but they can&#39;t all be &quot;Zero Dark Thirty&quot; or &quot;The Hurt Locker&quot;.<br/><br/>Now, the shaky cam style of film making used in BLA can get irritating after a while, but I can understand the decision to use it, especially in close shots: it lends a realism and sense of urgency and immediacy to the action, lending a more chaotic feel to the film. Balanced out with the FX shots, which were well done, the film has a gritty feel to it, even if its 2011 setting dates it rather badly. Quite honestly, the film is reminiscent of the WWII- era war films, full of jingoism and American can-do spirit, simply updated to a 21st century setting in which we&#39;re fighting alien invaders rather than Nazis. <br/><br/>Is &quot;Battle Los Angeles&quot; a perfect film? Far from it. But if you like stirring, military-oriented science fiction, something rather feel good and, yes, hokey, then &quot;Battle&quot; is for you. Even better, if you like watching the TNT series &quot;The Last Ship&quot;, you&#39;ll enjoy &quot;Battle&quot; as they both revolve around an unfashionable belief in the United States military and its ability to engage with all enemies, foreign and domestic, and come out on top.
Not a single arresting image is found amid the sci-fi rubble, though unintentional laughs eventually arrive courtesy of a cornball motivational speech by Eckhart's hero.
Nantz, Imlay, Lockett, Harris, Adukwu and Santos are the only survivors.
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