 A still from Battle: Los Angeles  | Critic's Rating: *** Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Roderiguez, Bridget Moynahan Direction: Jonathan Liebesman Genre: Sci-Fi Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes Readers Rating: *** |
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Story: A platoon of American soldiers are called upon to fulfil an unusual mission. They must battle an army of hostile aliens who want to colonise planet Earth. And the battleground is America's golden city: Los Angeles.
Movie Review: Just recently, scientists at NASA seemed to have discovered alien life in the form of microbes. They follow an increasing band of thinkers -- and commoners -- who have begun to believe in the existence of extra-terrestrial life; the most prominent votary amongst them being Stephen Hawking.
But Hollywood has never been alien territory for the little green guys, nor has it denied the existence of un-earthly planets where Darth Vader and his evil designs may exist.
So who's causing mayhem this time? Definitely not the cutie from E.T., nor the funny shape-changers from Men in Black. This time, it's a marauding army of mean metallic robotic forms that crowd the screen, mostly in silhouette and sounds. They may have gooey insides, but there's nothing soft about them. They believe in action alone and see no reason to explain their misdeeds in exolanguage or maybe even sign language. The harried human race can only guess why they are here: for our resources; for colonisation, hence the mass annihilation, explains the senior marine while deploying his troops for the counter-attack.
The film is essentially an uninterrupted string of action cuts where Aaron Eckhart leads the team of American heroes in the high-decibel war against the amorphous invaders. Needless to say, the ugly aliens land on earth in their trademark space ship which may be smaller this time (remember the gargantuan one in Independence Day), but it is heavily loaded with fire power and guzzles up all our water for fuel. Sign of the times? It doesn't take long before glitzy L.A. is reduced to rubble and the death count of hapless civilians and heroic soldiers keeps mounting. Could have been apocalypse, but for the invincibility of the human race....
Don't go looking for anything that resembles story, characterisation and narrative. You will be disappointed. Just go looking for speed, motion and mayhem and you will have a good time with your munchies. For, Battle: Los Angeles offers you adequate boom for your buck: the basic pre-requisite of an action thriller.
Story: A platoon of American soldiers are called upon to fulfil an unusual mission. They must battle an army of hostile aliens who want to colonise planet Earth. And the battleground is America's golden city: Los Angeles.
Movie Review: Just recently, scientists at NASA seemed to have discovered alien life in the form of microbes. They follow an increasing band of thinkers -- and commoners -- who have begun to believe in the existence of extra-terrestrial life; the most prominent votary amongst them being Stephen Hawking.
But Hollywood has never been alien territory for the little green guys, nor has it denied the existence of un-earthly planets where Darth Vader and his evil designs may exist.
So who's causing mayhem this time? Definitely not the cutie from E.T., nor the funny shape-changers from Men in Black. This time, it's a marauding army of mean metallic robotic forms that crowd the screen, mostly in silhouette and sounds. They may have gooey insides, but there's nothing soft about them. They believe in action alone and see no reason to explain their misdeeds in exolanguage or maybe even sign language. The harried human race can only guess why they are here: for our resources; for colonisation, hence the mass annihilation, explains the senior marine while deploying his troops for the counter-attack.
The film is essentially an uninterrupted string of action cuts where Aaron Eckhart leads the team of American heroes in the high-decibel war against the amorphous invaders. Needless to say, the ugly aliens land on earth in their trademark space ship which may be smaller this time (remember the gargantuan one in Independence Day), but it is heavily loaded with fire power and guzzles up all our water for fuel. Sign of the times? It doesn't take long before glitzy L.A. is reduced to rubble and the death count of hapless civilians and heroic soldiers keeps mounting. Could have been apocalypse, but for the invincibility of the human race....
Don't go looking for anything that resembles story, characterisation and narrative. You will be disappointed. Just go looking for speed, motion and mayhem and you will have a good time with your munchies. For, Battle: Los Angeles offers you adequate boom for your buck: the basic pre-requisite of an action thriller.
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