Review – Battle Los Angeles

I admit to walking away from Independence Day with the feeling that the experience would have been more enjoyable with less yakkity-yak and more alien battles. So perhaps I have no right to gripe about this highly similar picture, as this certainly serves up plenty of action. However, the pauses between firefights are downright excruciating. After a brief flash-forward, the picture gets underway with a maggot-gagging dose of grabastic buddy bullshit. The crap takes a back seat and the story turns good after the aliens begin their attack, and as long as things keep moving the movie is reasonably entertaining. But anytime the shooting stops the jarheadery returns in full force. Of particular note is the sorry-your-dad-died-Marines-never-quit speech, one of the least inspirational moments in the long, sorry history of combat speeches. Maybe some nice person will digitize this picture, edit it down to the fighting and post it on YouTube. Until then, if you decide to take this on, keep your finger on the fast forward button. Mildly amusing