Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

Directed by

Jonathan Liebesman

Genre

action film, war film, science fiction film, alien invasion, speculative fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 3,761 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Marine staff sergeant leads a platoon of U.S. Marines and stranded military personnel to defend Los Angeles from an alien invasion.

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What happens

Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction action film directed by Jonathan Liebesman and written by Chris Bertolini. The film stars Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, and Michael Peña. The film follows a Marine staff sergeant who leads a platoon of U.S. Marines, joined by other stranded military personnel, defending Los Angeles from an alien invasion. The film was a co-production of Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, producers Neal H. Moritz and Ori Marmur's Original Film, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film won the BMI TV Music Award for composer Brian Tyler. The film score was orchestrated by Tyler in conjunction with the Hollywood Studio Symphony. The soundtrack was released by the Varèse Sarabande music label on March 8, 2011. Principal photography began in September 2009, and the film was released in the United States on March 11, 2011. It grossed $212 million worldwide against a production budget of around $70–77 million, and received mostly negative reviews from critics. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 14, 2011. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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