Review: Battle Los Angeles

I have been anxiously awaiting Battle Los Angeles for months. Advance word spoke of a well-done, heart pounding adventure.

Well, I can tell you that Battle Los Angeles certainly lives up to the hype! It is fun, gritty, realistic and tense. The battle scene are incredibly realistic, and the acting confidently portrays flawed characters, and the ultimate sacrifice of military personnel in preserving our very lives.

Aaron Eckhart, who usually annoys me with his character portrayals, actually comes off as a believable, flawed soldier who does what he must in order to win the day; even to the thoughtless, automatic decision to place himself in harm's way in order to strike a major blow to the enemy.

The real star of this movie however, is the CGI team that developed and gave form and life to the alien invaders. They actually seem to take up real space on the film, and that lends authenticity to the alien presence. They are a real, visible enemy that we see for a good portion of the movie. I seriously doubt that Battle Los Angeles would be nearly as good without the CGI alien presence.

At nearly two hours, this movie completely captures your attention, and takes you along for the ride. Assuming you can suspend belief, watching this film will capture your attention, as well!

Go watch Battle Los Angeles at least once! I know that I'm going to see it at least one more time! And yes! I'll buy this one on DVD and likely watch it a number of times then, too! What a ride!