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Battle Los Angeles

Original title: Battle: Los Angeles
  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
179K
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POPULARITY
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Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
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  • Action
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  • Sci-Fi

A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.A squad of U.S. Marines becomes the last line of defense against a global invasion.

IMDb RATING
5.7/10
179K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,915
798
  • Director
    • Jonathan Liebesman
  • Writer
    • Christopher Bertolini
  • Stars
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Michelle Rodriguez
    • Bridget Moynahan
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jonathan Liebesman
  • Writer
    • Christopher Bertolini
  • Stars
    • Aaron Eckhart
    • Michelle Rodriguez
    • Bridget Moynahan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 941User reviews
    • 358Critic reviews
    • 37Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

    Videos11

    Battle: Los Angeles - Nothing Can Prepare You
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    Battle: Los Angeles - Nothing Can Prepare You
    Battle: Los Angeles -- Super Bowl Spot
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    Battle: Los Angeles -- Super Bowl Spot
    Battle: Los Angeles -- Trailer #2
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    Battle: Los Angeles -- Trailer #1
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    Battle: Los Angeles -- Trailer #1
    Battle: Los Angeles - International Trailer
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    Battle: Los Angeles - International Trailer
    Battle Los Angeles
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    Interview 0:18
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    Aaron Eckhart, Michael Peña, and Joey King in Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
    Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
    Michelle Rodriguez in Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
    Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jim Parrack in Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

    Top cast

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    Aaron Eckhart
    Aaron Eckhart
    • Ssgt. Michael Nantzas Ssgt. Michael Nantz
    Michelle Rodriguez
    Michelle Rodriguez
    • TSgt. Elena Santosas TSgt. Elena Santos
    Bridget Moynahan
    Bridget Moynahan
    • Micheleas Michele
    Ramon Rodriguez
    Ramon Rodriguez
    • 2nd Lt. William Martinezas 2nd Lt. William Martinez
    Will Rothhaar
    Will Rothhaar
    • Cpl. Lee Imlayas Cpl. Lee Imlay
    Cory Hardrict
    Cory Hardrict
    • Cpl. Jason Lockettas Cpl. Jason Lockett
    Jim Parrack
    Jim Parrack
    • LCpl. Peter Kernsas LCpl. Peter Kerns
    Gino Anthony Pesi
    Gino Anthony Pesi
    • Cpl. Nick Stavrouas Cpl. Nick Stavrou
    Ne-Yo
    Ne-Yo
    • Cpl. Kevin Harrisas Cpl. Kevin Harris
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    • LCpl. Steven Mottolaas LCpl. Steven Mottola
    Noel Fisher
    Noel Fisher
    • Pfc. Shaun Lenihanas Pfc. Shaun Lenihan
    Adetokumboh M'Cormack
    Adetokumboh M'Cormack
    • Corpsman Jibril Adukwuas Corpsman Jibril Adukwu
    Bryce Cass
    Bryce Cass
    • Hector Rinconas Hector Rincon
    Michael Peña
    Michael Peña
    • Joe Rinconas Joe Rincon
    Neil Brown Jr.
    Neil Brown Jr.
    • LCpl. Richard Guerreroas LCpl. Richard Guerrero
    Taylor Handley
    Taylor Handley
    • LCpl. Corey Simmonsas LCpl. Corey Simmons
    Joey King
    Joey King
    • Kirstenas Kirsten
    Lucas Till
    Lucas Till
    • Cpl. Scott Graystonas Cpl. Scott Grayston
    • Director
      • Jonathan Liebesman
    • Writer
      • Christopher Bertolini
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    Los Angeles and other cities around the world are being bombarded by meteors that seem to be slowing down once they hit the earth's atmosphere. The earth is suddenly being invaded by space aliens that have landed off the shore of LA, and who begin killing everybody along the beach. The military is ordered into action. Marine Staff Sergeant Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), who was about to retire, is reassigned to a new platoon. The platoon, flown by chopper to the forward operating base at Santa Monica Airport, is being led by a new 2nd Lt. Martinez (Ramon Rodriguez). They are sent on a mission to rescue some civilians who are trapped at the police station within alien territory. They only have 3 hours to complete their mission and get out before the Air Force bombs that zone. —Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
    • invasion
    • alien invasion
    • extraterrestrial
    • male lieutenant
    • wounded man
    • 354 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • It's not war. It's survival.
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Adventure
      • Sci-Fi
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Aaron Eckhart broke his arm while filming a stunt. He never missed a day of work because of it.
    • Goofs
      At the mission briefing, pictures taken by the Hubble telescope of the "meteors" falling to Earth are shown to the marines. Hubble is a deep space telescope, virtually useless for taking pictures of anything in Earth's atmosphere.
    • Quotes

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: All right, Lockett. You wanna go there. Let's go there. I commanded men and men died. Kids. 19 years old. The best men I ever led. Do you think for a second I wouldn't rather trade places with them? I know you think I got my men killed. They're dead. I'm here. Like the punchline to some bad joke. You think I like that? Do you think a minute goes by that those faces aren't right here

      [points to head]

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: seared into my brain?

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: Dante, Thomas T. Corporal. 1-5-6-5-0-9-3-8-6.

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: Ambruster, William R. Private. 8-7-6-6-6-2-3-5-4.

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: Wharton, Jeffrey H. Lance Corporal. 8-7-4-2-7-3-9-9-3.

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: Lockett, Duane G. Corporal. 1-5-6-8-7-0-9

      SSgt. Michael Nantz, Cpl. Jason Lockett: 5-5.

      SSgt. Michael Nantz: Your brother was an outstanding Marine. He was my friend. And I miss him every day. And you remind me of him.

    • Crazy credits
      There are no opening credits, except for the film's title.
    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: Battle: Los Angeles and The Galaxy Invader (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      California Love
      Written by Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton, Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Mikel Hooks and Ronnie Hudson

      Performed by Tupac Shakur (as 2Pac) featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman

      Courtesy of Wideawake-Death Row Entertainment LLC

      Under license from Evergreen Copyrights, Inc.

    User reviews941

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Judge fair, keep it real.
    First i would like to comment on all the people who gives grades like 1 or 10, try and be a little realistic please. Its freaking annoying that people really cant see how this scale is working. Look at the top 250 and at the bottom 100 .. Now that is amazing movies or just plain horrible movies. If you don't feel you got what you wanted out of this movie then maybe your expectation's was to high. Godfather, Fight Club etc, those are movies that deserve a solid 9 or 10. Diary of a cannibal, Dream Well thats movies that deserve a solid 1 or 2. So stop your pessimistic crap about how bad this movie is and rate 1. No one can ever say that this movie is worse then any on the bottom 100. Ihave personally watched 1000+ movies so i find my self quite knowledge about a good movie or not, and this is not a great movie, but you get solid mindless action movie with decent graphic and a good acting crew. It gets a little long but again, no one cheats you in this movie. No one said to you before you watched it that it was movie of the year. You have a trailer and you build your own expectations. Give it a honest chance and stop judging it like it was a episode "bad" episode of jersey shore or its a 8th wonder of the world. Just judge fair for gods sake.

    I would have given it 6.5/10 but i cant half here.

    Solid action, decent actors and a decent night entertainment, if you stop believing its the movie of all time, and just go for it.

    Judge fair, keep it real.
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    • Which Marines in Martinez's unit survive?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 11, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Ukrainian
    • Also known as
      • Battle: Los Angeles
    • Filming locations
      • Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Original Film
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $83,552,429
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $35,573,187
      • Mar 13, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $211,819,354
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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