Thursday, 11 August 2011

DVD: Battle Of Los Angeles (dir: Mark Atkins, 2011)

"Guess we found out what we're dealing with, huh?"

Battle Of Los Angeles is another redundant mockbuster from The Asylum, but even by their standards this is a weak entry.  The template here is clearly Independence Day rather than Battle: Los Angeles, and whilst the very low-end CGI scuppers the big visual shots of the mother spaceship, some simpler effects of the small fighter ships attacks are integrated reasonably well.  A well-developed music score injects some energy, but a very weak script and dull pacing of its dialogue weaken the film overall.   This movie's blast-from-the-past actors feature Nia Peeples (TV's Fame) and Kel Mitchell (of Kenan and Kel!), who do their best with the limited opportunities available here.  Lacking the daft fun of the studio's monster mash-ups, Battle Of Los Angeles comes across as cheap, unnecessary and uninteresting to watch.

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