Battle: Los Angeles (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Battle : Los Angeles is a war movie first, science fiction second,
It’s got it all : a burned-out retiring sergeant who gets drawn back in because, dammit, the Marines need him; the guy who’s about to get married; the guy who’s still a virgin; the guy suffering from shell shock and who just might crack; the newbie officer with a lot of book learning who you just know is going to freeze under pressure and have to be shepherded by that burned-out sergeant, who learned his lessons on the battlefield… and so much more,
There’s not a moment in this movie you haven’t seen before–the only twist is that the enemy is alien, so whatever shred of concern you might have for raining heavy artillery on a fellow human being can be cheerfully cast aside,
But clichés are clichés because they are efficient and effective, and despite the profound familiarity of Battle : Los Angeles, there’s no denying the movie rips along (though two-thirds of the way through you may have forgotten who was the virgin and who was the shell-shocked guy–but really, does it matter?),
The look owes a debt to District 9, a hand-held, vérité grittiness, with most of the CGI carefully given a dingy, dirty look so that it meshes with the urban landscape,
Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) does an impressive job of spitting out ham-fisted dialogue like he really, really means it, while the rest of the cast is suitably generic,
This is an unrepentant love letter to the military; many viewers, faced with the unsettling chaos and moral ambiguities of real wars, will find this mythologizing not only soothing, but even moving,
–Bret Fetzer

• Actor:Aaron Eckhart
• Actor:Michelle Rodriguez
• AspectRatio:2.40:1
• AudienceRating G-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Binding:Blu-ray
• Brand:SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
• Director:Jonathan Liebesman
• EAN:0043396381759
• Format:Multiple Formats
• Label:Sony Pictures
• Languages:
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• Manufacturer:Sony Pictures
• MPN:COLBR38175
• NumberOfDiscs:2
• OriginalReleaseDate:2011-03-11
• PackageDimensions:
• PictureFormat:Anamorphic Widescreen
• ProductGroup VD
• ProductTypeName:ABIS_DVD
• Publisher:Sony Pictures
• RegionCode:1
• ReleaseDate:2011-06-14
• RunningTime:116
• SKU:mon0000078569
• Studio:Sony Pictures
• TheatricalReleaseDate:2011-02-18
• Title:Battle: Los Angeles (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
• UPC:043396381759

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