Battle of Los Angeles (2011)

Can you believe the SyFy channel is still playing this garbage? When will they get a clue? I used to watch the channel all the time when they had some good shows on. But since changing their format and name, its been nothing but crappy grade c movies and WWE wrestling (REALLY?) Whenever I see this movie on SyFy, I think maybe they are playing the one that came out at the same time. And each time I'm disappointed. When they first televised the movie I actually stomached 20min of it. I had already seen Battle LA and was astounded (almost) that there was another movie with almost the same name on TV. I'm sending a email to the SyFy network to beg them to stop showing this travesty of a movie.

The weakest thing in the movie is the execution and the special effects. I mean when you present for such a long periods of time some women-pilots (looking more of a model rather than a military crew) flying F-16s like they were C-130s, and when people shoot with M16s and the sound and visual effects look like a paint-ball gun, then there's surely something very wrong in the production. The plot tries to deliver some sci-fi excitement, but it's so weak and silly and can't really save the day. Acting is not bad on some cases, but again, there's total lack of logic on the emotions, it's like Mortal Kombat II, in one scene you fight to death, next scene you walk on the road like nothing happened. Terrible terrible movie.

The title lured into thinking that this film is Battle: Los Angeles. It took me about five minutes to realize that Battle of Los Angeles is just a crappy "mockbuster", which has a confusingly similar title with the A-class film I thought I'm going to watch. I was first disappointed and angry, but then decided to keep watching. What a terrible mistake! BoLA was unimaginable torture until the end and I'm still not over the shock. I registered to IMDb just to review this film and warn anyone from watching. All the other reviewers are not lying, trust me! Okay, except those who seemingly thought they reviewed B:LA and a few who obviously work for either SyFy or The Asylum. Anyway, BoLA is a perfection of failure: acting, script, characters, special effects, everything... they simply suck. For example, it seems that they bought a Nerf gun from Toys "R" Us, painted it, and alas, there's your advanced alien weapon. What's really sad - or should I say hilarious -is that the director thought a retired sergeant shooting down alien space vessels with a Colt SA .44 six-shooter and a woman - who owes much to Resident Evil's Alice - slicing the flying probes with her Katana look cool. This being said, I actually enjoyed finding the numerous tributes to major sci-fi blockbusters such as Independence Day, Star Wars (EPs 4 and 6), Aliens, MIB, and so on. This film has more rip-off ideas from big-name movies than any other film I have seen.

Battle of Los Angeles is a great movie for those who love to watch good action films. This movie will have you at the edge of your seat with all of the suspense and action. It will make people wonder of what can happen in the future or if what happened in the movie can ever be possible. This movie shows how strong the Marines are. When I watched it, it made me think more about how they sacrifice their lives for the citizens and it made me respect the marines a lot more now. Even though this movie is about robot aliens trying to take over the whole Earth, the action and acting makes everything look realistic. This movie has tons of suspense scenes; especially in the ending. This movie is a must watch and I rate it 5 stars.