Battle: Los Angeles

There is a battle going on and yes we've all been there and done that before. It was called Independence Day and also District-9. Though this time around their bringing the war down to the home front. Could we survive or fade out into the night?

A Marine platoon lead by Aaron Eckhart is sent out into the field to battle a nasty alien invasion. The background is the last surviving battleground Los Angeles. All of platoon held their own in providing solid performance. Ne-Yo who's know more for singing did a good job as well. Michelle Rodriguez who normally angers me when ever she steps in a scene. Wasn't bad this time around. She gave more of a focus performance. The subject of the film is action. I'm sorry if you wondered in thinking this would be a sequel to District-9. With having a remarkable story and action together. It comes close in some elements but not in others. To describe the look and sound would be the word gorgeous. I haven't seen a film look this remarkable since District-9. Though that film had imagination and that's what was really lacking here. While the battle scenes were spot on they felt as if they were missing something. Maybe some unique weapons or giving us something we haven't seen before. The story is simple and short but has a lot of heart for this kind of action category. While being quite a long film clocking in near the two hour mark. It doesn't appear to be drawn out in the downtime scenes. The final, while should have been the biggest highlight of the film. Only has a hint of tension and nothing extraordinary that we didn't previous see in the film before hand.

If your up for some great looking battle scenes stringed together by some empty characters with a simple story. Go ahead and give it a watch. At full price you won't be too disappointed or at home it's really worth the time.