Battle: Los Angeles

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Battle: Los Angeles

PG-13

Released Mar 11, 2011

1h 56m

Sci-Fi

Action

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For many years, humans have reported various UFO sightings around the world, fueling speculation about the existence of life on other worlds. In 2011, mankind learns the truth the hard way when alien invaders attack. One by one, the world's great cities fall, leaving Los Angeles as the battleground for humanity's last stand. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his platoon to draw a line in the sand against a powerful enemy unlike any previously encountered.

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Critics Consensus

Overlong and overly burdened with war movie clichés, Battle: Los Angeles will entertain only the most ardent action junkies.

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Scott Foundas

Film Comment Magazine

Case in point: Battle: Los Angeles, an alien-invasion disaster piece so loud, ham-fisted and joyless-so aggressively lousy-that its only real usefulness is to make one better appreciate the deft touch of a Roland Emmerich.

Jun 28, 2013

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Reader

Terminally stupid.

Dec 6, 2011

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

If the talk had been surgically removed, leaving only the sights and sounds of combat, this could have been a striking, semiabstract display of aggressive energy; as it is, any viewer over twelve will go for the laughs.

Mar 21, 2011

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Our plot and attention is not split and spread to several places or groups of people around the country and world. We stick with one group the whole way through and that's the movie's strength.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 16, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

After a shotgun wedding between Black Hawk Down and Independence Day, this movie was the unwanted offspring—an unintelligible mixture of war movies and science-fiction that insults the credibility of both genres.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s aim was to be a pre-summer popcorn action movie and it hits it’s mark.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Major T

Great flick. Stands up to test of time. It’s an out sacrifice and heroes at a time we need them. Great job!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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Jaco P

Don't listen to the dim witted *top critic's*. And their small minded reviews. Battle Los Angeles, is a brilliant movie. Especially in 2024. If you want something great to watch you found it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Red I

It's 2024. A good action flick. I wish they could do more movies like this one. not great, but not terrible. Decent flick

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/12/24

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Roy S

I absolutely LOVE this movie. It is exactly what I picture that IF this ever ACTUALLY happens, Will look like. Aaron Eckhart is bad-ass. The effects are great and the action and sounds are top-notch. I turn on the surround sound system and turn up my subwoofer and FEEL this movie. exciting from start to finish. All the critics that panned this movie should all stick their heads in a bucket of ice water.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/24

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Jack N

Not as bad as other people say, in my opinion. It’s not great either, however.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Korra N

The effects and performances are all solid, but cliched direction and writing make Battle: LA a generic PG-13 action movie that should've either been a hard-R war film or leaned heavier into campiness.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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Jonathan Liebesman

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Aaron Eckhart

Ssgt. Michael Nantz

Michelle Rodriguez

Tsgt. Elena Santos

Ramón Rodríguez

2nd Lt. William Martinez

Bridget Moynahan

Michele

Ne-Yo

Cpl. Kevin Harris

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Synopsis

For many years, humans have reported various UFO sightings around the world, fueling speculation about the existence of life on other worlds. In 2011, mankind learns the truth the hard way when alien invaders attack. One by one, the world's great cities fall, leaving Los Angeles as the battleground for humanity's last stand. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his platoon to draw a line in the sand against a powerful enemy unlike any previously encountered.

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur
Screenwriter: Christopher Bertolini
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Original Film, Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media
Rating: PG-13 (Sustained/Intense Seq. of War|Language|Violence and Destruction)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 5, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $83.6M
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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