Battle: Los Angeles

[Story]

SAN DIEGO — Graft urban combat’s raw intensity and a back story based on real events onto an explosive alien invasion and you’ve got Battle: Los Angeles, an upcoming sci-fi movie that attempts to convey what an alien invasion might actually look like.

The now-familiar videos of U.S. troops engaged in Iraq firefights informed the look and feel of the movie, said cast members and filmmakers Thursday during a Comic-Con International panel offering a first glimpse at the film.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217613/

 

[kiltie]

....aaaaand the "hard-edged realism" comes to an abrupt end with the included publicity still of the ultra-distracting Michelle Rodriguez playing the same role again.
That's a real shame, because the idea is conceptually cool, and if they would simply play it as "realistic", I'm sure it'd be very watchable.

 

[Lonny]

I'm not sure if I'll go see this opening day, probably not, but it could be watchable. I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi.

 

[Story]

Heh.