If you're looking for a pretty good Saturday afternoon sci-fi, action flick (like we were on a HOT July Saturday) BATTLE: LA fits the bill. It's like Independence Day light, focused on just a few platoons defending Santa Monica (I guess "Battle:Santa Monica" had more limited appeal...) and it gets a lot of things right. Aaron Eckhart is really good, as is Michael Pena as a brave dad caught up in the action. How many times can Michelle Rodriguez play this same character so well? ALIENS is one of my all time faves and she delivers that same character in a much quieter version here. Creature effects are good, early invasion scenes are really well done. Nothing too ground breaking or important here and lots of VERY CLICHE stock characters from a thousand other war movies, but an enjoyable Saturday matinee on the couch! B-
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