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Battle of Los Angeles (2011)

Battle of Los Angeles poster
Directed by
Mark Atkins
Genre
action film, science fiction film, alien invasion, mockbuster
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 118 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An alien invasion hits Los Angeles. A group of soldiers fights to stop the attack.

low-budgetcheesyaction-packedstraightforwardfast-pacedcampy

What happens

Battle of Los Angeles is a science fiction action film by The Asylum, which premiered on Syfy on Saturday March 12, 2011, and was released to DVD on March 20, 2011. The film is directed by Mark Atkins and is a mockbuster of the Columbia Pictures film Battle: Los Angeles, which is inspired by the events of the Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942. The official trailer uses clips from another Asylum film, War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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