Battle: Los Angeles

Columbia Pictures | Release Date: March 11, 2011

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 599 Ratings

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GamevineJun 18, 2011

This movie is garbage. Its like a garbage bag filled with **** Being a fan of sci-fi action movies Battle Los Angeles interested me, but 40 minutes in i decided it was garbage. A steaming pile of garbage and ****

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highwiredaysMar 30, 2011

Crap. If you liked this movie then you must be under the age of 13? I don't know. It was boring, action was wanttobe-war like but totally wasn't and the acting was just plan bad. This movie is equal to one of those movies you see on the SciFiCrap. If you liked this movie then you must be under the age of 13? I don't know. It was boring, action was wanttobe-war like but totally wasn't and the acting was just plan bad. This movie is equal to one of those movies you see on the SciFi channel that are SciFi made except this movie just had better effects. This movie REALLY pissed me off because I wanted it to be good. It looked so good in the previews, dammit.

This is a wait for TNT type of movie. Trust me, you'll thank me.… Expand

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DoyouvoodooJul 15, 2011

ACTION PACKED YAWN-FEST!!! Been there, done that, GOT THE T.SHIRT!!! Even though the film is totally action packed, it is really BORING!!! I lasted about half way into it before the appeal of cleaning out my CAT'S LITTER TRAY became moreACTION PACKED YAWN-FEST!!! Been there, done that, GOT THE T.SHIRT!!! Even though the film is totally action packed, it is really BORING!!! I lasted about half way into it before the appeal of cleaning out my CAT'S LITTER TRAY became more appealing. I left my husband watching it, but came back to find him on his laptop. It is a classic GOD BLESS AMERICA cringe fest to top it off. PURE STINKING POO POO… Expand

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IraqBobbyAug 14, 2011

Absolutely Horrible "movie"! It is more like a badly produced video game, that literally will make you sick from bad camera work. The only thing that is worse than the elementary school drop-out writing, is the profoundly incompetentAbsolutely Horrible "movie"! It is more like a badly produced video game, that literally will make you sick from bad camera work. The only thing that is worse than the elementary school drop-out writing, is the profoundly incompetent direction. I had high hopes from the trailers, but this would be a waist of money even for a dollar rental! Seriously!!!… Expand

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nightblade00Oct 1, 2012

Luckily this was a netflix rent for me. I had the option of turning it off at about the halfway point. The writing was awful, the special effects were laughable, and the way the characters reacted to the news (by completely ignoring it)Luckily this was a netflix rent for me. I had the option of turning it off at about the halfway point. The writing was awful, the special effects were laughable, and the way the characters reacted to the news (by completely ignoring it) was an insult to the intelligence of American soldiers. I couldn't take it. If your idea of a good movie is "wow them guys firing them there guns is cool!"...then this is your movie.… Expand

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AdanedhelDec 9, 2011

I had never standed up and leave the theater.But guess what... Battle: L.A. made it !
i was very excited about this movie, the trailers where awesome but when i started to watch it started to fell down my emotions.
the plot is too boring,I had never standed up and leave the theater.But guess what... Battle: L.A. made it !
i was very excited about this movie, the trailers where awesome but when i started to watch it started to fell down my emotions.
the plot is too boring, the e.t are things undefinied you never see one of them pretty close and the fight was like 4 blocks... the ufos had lots of tech equipment to kick ass but even so it wasnt enough... i could stand watching it the worst sci-fi movie iÂ´ve ever seen.… Expand

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kublay0880Dec 18, 2012

Awful acting by all the actors, the story is just weird senseless. you could say that the Special Effects save the movie unless that's what I thought but sadly they didn't.

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BrianMcCriticMay 2, 2013

Alien Robots battling for earth against gun touting humans, sounds like fun right while you'd be wrong. No character development along with sub par robots leads to a dreadfully awful movie.

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splinter94Mar 10, 2013

It make me feel shame that movies like this can exist, horrible. First the aliens were indestructible and then the guy kill them with a pistol, the aliens run through the marines bullets, and the marines are harder to die than Chuck Norris.

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RobertRyansonApr 11, 2011

What a load of tosh. It's exactly Independence Day meets District 9, with a bit of Skyline (late 2010 if you've already forgotten it - I had) thrown in for good measure. The movie smacks of a feeble organised attempt to elicit sympathy andWhat a load of tosh. It's exactly Independence Day meets District 9, with a bit of Skyline (late 2010 if you've already forgotten it - I had) thrown in for good measure. The movie smacks of a feeble organised attempt to elicit sympathy and emotion for an enemy you can't (really) see - the aliens. Oh gee, that's what the US is doing in the Middle East right now. I would not at all be surprised to learn that this movie was (ultimately) funded by the US government for propaganda reasons. There are even attempts to plug recruitment for the US Marines and the small boy Hector is called a "young marine". For its pure entertainment value please give us something less corny and predictable. Save your time and effort and watch something else.… Expand

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LiquidlizardJul 22, 2012

Not what I expected at all... I tried to finish the movie... But it just didn't interest me at all. The special effects were absolutely terrible... and the movie lacked all humor they were trying to project.

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yoniw18Jul 10, 2011

It boggles my mind that people give this drivel positive reviews. This movie is completely uninteresting and BORING. Oh but what about the special effects and the action? Sci- Fi channel grade at best. Not worth the dollar to rent from red box

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KivoricMar 15, 2011

First take I thought it was a satirical action comedy, like Airplane or Hot Shots. BUT then I realized it wasn't suppose to be a comedy, I think, still not sure. Must be a comedy and a pathetic attempt .The reality, Aliens have taken overFirst take I thought it was a satirical action comedy, like Airplane or Hot Shots. BUT then I realized it wasn't suppose to be a comedy, I think, still not sure. Must be a comedy and a pathetic attempt .The reality, Aliens have taken over LA, I mean Hollywood. Really!, They must have made this movie to throw us off track. I hope that is the excuse!!!!. The aliens (Hollywood) complied and used the absolute worst from all previous alien motion pictures. Every terrible cliche', worst dialogue, lost continuity, no real content, and no imagination! Talk about beings from another planet, apparently the people who THREW this together are from another galaxy and not in touch with the human race. Come down to earth! This piece of film, is a real Battle of your Mind, trying to find entertainment value for over an hour and 1/2. Its worst than brain freeze. At least brain freeze goes away quickly, but with Battle of Los Angeles, maybe in a decade or two, I can learn to forget the agony of sitting through mindless dribble.… Expand

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telerMar 18, 2011

To anyone one that thinks the people who think this movie is a horrible pile of garbage are just incredibly jaded people who gave Avatar a 0 out of 10 just because they wanted to be different, you are wrong. I liked a number of movies thatTo anyone one that thinks the people who think this movie is a horrible pile of garbage are just incredibly jaded people who gave Avatar a 0 out of 10 just because they wanted to be different, you are wrong. I liked a number of movies that didn't have great scripts and relied heavily on special effects, such as Transformers (the first that is). But this movie is a failure on every single front imaginable, the action is blurred and shaky camera is used incredibly liberally and in places that make no sense whatsoever, and when the isn't blurred you can see the aliens that are not in the slightest intimidating considering their slightness of build and who cannot seem to aim accurately despite the fact that they are partially cybernetic. the script is absolutely horrible corny garbage that no one in their right mind should be able to take seriously. I walked into the movie theater hoping that this was another case of the critics being pretentious and irrationally contrarian, what i got to see was this steaming pile of garbage that deserves universal disdain, do not under any circumstances pay money to see this movie.… Expand

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ktopwriterMar 19, 2011

This movie sucked. Dialogue written by an 8 yr old, choppy annoying editing, and stupid plot. Two hours of my life I will never get back. Totally moronic crap.

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penfifteenJul 12, 2011

I didn't know they could fit so many cliches in one movie. It had it all! Love cliches! Military cliches! Hero cliches! And most importantly, old-fashioned sexism cliches! Hooray!

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J-ShapAug 28, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles dismisses everything that filmmaking has taught us over the last century. There are the obvious dismissals in dumb action movies (character, coherent plotting, subtlety), and then there are the dismissals of everythingBattle: Los Angeles dismisses everything that filmmaking has taught us over the last century. There are the obvious dismissals in dumb action movies (character, coherent plotting, subtlety), and then there are the dismissals of everything we've come to evolve to in film (craft, focus, effort), and then there are the dismissals of the basic logic that we humans take for granted (vision, thought, sound, reason). This is not a film. This is a series of shots taken with a camera, that are spliced together to vaguely resemble some abortion of a faux-film.… Expand

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LetzTalkMoveezSep 18, 2011

This is honestly one of the most incoherent, dreadfully stupid pieces of mindless "entertainment" you'll ever see. The visuals are atrocious, the action is filmed far too close in, the story is **** and the acting is terrible all around. ****This is honestly one of the most incoherent, dreadfully stupid pieces of mindless "entertainment" you'll ever see. The visuals are atrocious, the action is filmed far too close in, the story is **** and the acting is terrible all around. **** this movie. **** its director. **** the actors. **** it all.… Expand

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metapumpyOct 19, 2019

This movie looked like it could have been quite good, but the facial close-ups and SHAKE-CAM were totally overdone, to the point of making the movie irritating to watch. I gave up on it when the first shootout started. I can't wait for theThis movie looked like it could have been quite good, but the facial close-ups and SHAKE-CAM were totally overdone, to the point of making the movie irritating to watch. I gave up on it when the first shootout started. I can't wait for the current generation of shake-cam directors to move on.… Expand

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