In November a film called Skyline (2010) (see 18th November 2010) opened with a shot of Los Angeles being destroyed by extra terrestrials then flashbacks to twenty four hours earlier. From here we meet a small group of civilians who then deal with the invasion as they try and escape an Iraq style war zone, mostly filmed with a hand held camera.
This month Battle: Los Angeles opens with a shot of Los Angeles being destroyed by extra terrestrials then flashbacks to twenty four hours earlier. From here we meet a small group of marines who then deal with the invasion as they try and escape an Iraq style war zone, mostly filmed with a hand held camera.
Take Independence Day (1996), War of the Worlds (2005) and District 9 (2009) and make sure to include all the clichéd speeches, characters, structure and alien autopsies, but remove any writing talent and you get Battle: Los Angeles. The only difference between this and Skyline is slightly better acting and a refreshing lack of surprise at the alien invasion; there have been so many films about it, it was bound to happen!
It looks like it will be up to Spielberg and Abrams to offer us quality in this genre with the upcoming Super 8 (2011). A trailer for Super 8 can be seen here, http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=30394
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