Battle of Los Angeles (Video 2011)

In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

Director:

Mark Atkins

Writer:

Mark Atkins

Stars:

Nia Peeples, Kel Mitchell, Dylan Vox

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nia Peeples	...	Capt. Karla Smaith
Kel Mitchell	...	Lt. Tyler Laughlin
Dylan Vox	...	Capt. Pete Rodgers
Theresa June-Tao	...	Lt. Solano
Gerald Webb	...	Lt. Jeffery Newman
Edward DeRuiter	...	Cpt. Arnstead
Darin Cooper	...	Captain Hadron
Robert Pike Daniel	...	Commander Wakes
Tim Abell	...	Colonel Macon
Michele Boyd	...	Pilot #1 - Lt. Jean Hendricks
Stephen Blackehart	...	Pilot #2 - Lt. Kirkman
Lorry O'Toole	...	Pilot #3
Scot Nery	...	Kaor
Wayne Santoni	...	MJ12 Sentry #1
Natalia Fedner	...	MJ12 Sentry #2

Storyline

In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | grenade launcher | explosion | martial arts | action heroine | 

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Taglines:

They Don't Come In Peace!

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 March 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Attack: L.A.

Filming Locations:

Asylum Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Global Asylum, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

While in the armored vehicle, the drivers repeatedly turn the steering wheel one way, but the vehicle turns in the opposite direction.

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Quotes

Colonel: One more thing. Does anybody got any Reese's Pieces? Damn thing loves 'em.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Review of 2011 (2012)

User Reviews

Turgid pacing defeats most of the action

This is the Asylum's knock-off imitator of the big BATTLE: L.A., and it's pretty dull. The film is muddled by poor pacing, extreme predictability, characters we don't care about, and lack of scope. Budget reasons no doubt affected the latter, resulting in a film that never really visualized the full extent of its concept; all of the action stays concentrated within a small group. Amidst that microcosm, however, the film has action aplenty, although much of it is hampered by the director's turgid pacing – reaction shots hold forever and are repeated over and over at the expense of engaging editing and propulsive forward motion so that the film even at its most exciting seems to proceed at a snail's pace. Cast does okay, especially Nia Peeples as an Area-51 styled military agent whose skill with a katana sword, however incongruous in the modern military, is thrilling, and Robert Pike Daniel as a crusty old-school soldier who takes pot shots at the alien saucers with a revolver, and steals the whole show. A first-rate synth-and-samples score by Brian Ralston & Kays Al-Atrakchi gives the story what propulsion it manages to gather. As the equivalent of a "B" movie it's passable entertainment for the undemanding, but most of us are demanding coherency and creativity. BoLA's story sustains little of that.