This isn't going to be a long review. Sometimes you get a film that just seems like it can review itself, there's not really a whole hell of a lot to say about it. Battle: Los Angeles is a prime example. You can't really slate the generic action movie acting, or the cliched dialogue or the constant battle scenes because...well, what did you expect?
Aaron Eckhardt heads up a team of Marines who are sent to reclaim Los Angeles after an alien invasion. Eckhardt's character, of course is a few days from retirement, and the rest of the cast are the correct ethnic mix as is the norm in these films. We get a bit of plot introducing them, then we are flung into a huge firefight, then have a rest for a bit of talking, then we get another massive battle as the platoon tries to take down the alien craft controlling many drones.
For a film that is pretty much 90% action sequences, you kinda hope they are good, and they are, no disappointments there. It looks and sounds superb, the special effects are great, and for a film called Battle: Los Angeles, you can't really ask for much more than that. Even if we have seen the same film more times than you can count.
***
Told you it wouldn't be a long review. Cliched, generic stuff but with some brilliant action sequences, and for that it does exactly what it says on the tin.
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