12/28/2022 0 Comments Battle of los angeles movie beach![]() ![]() No interesting political implications to chew over, as in “District 9,” and no truly breathtaking special effects. Liebesman and his technical team acquit themselves with admirable professionalism.Īn alien blitzkrieg, launched from the waters off the Santa Monica beaches, is rendered in what you might call panic-vision, with hysterical hand-held cameras, staccato editing and ambient dust clouds occasionally illuminated by fiery explosions.Īs the “Saturday Night Live” parody version of Miley Cyrus might say: pretty cool. ![]() The City of Los Angeles has been destroyed so many times in recent years - perhaps as wishful thinking on the part of cynical movie-industry people, perhaps as superstitious inoculation against the real thing - that “Battle” feels a bit like the routine training mission its characters first think they are being called up for. ![]() Eckhart’s chin, and as lean and square as his jaw. Considered as an alien-invasion science-fiction allegory, it’s about as deep as the dimple on Mr. Until that moment the movie, directed by Jonathan Liebesman from a screenplay by Christopher Bertolini, has proceeded in the expected, large-scale combat-action movie fashion. “Let’s figure out how we’re gonna get out of this mess,” Aaron Eckhart says with about 40 minutes to go in “Battle: Los Angeles.” An excellent idea, and the solution that presents itself is a simple one: stop talking. ![]()
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