646f9e108c In January 1942 US forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned. Yes, this is a terrible example of the craft but I don't always judge movies on the same curve. Yes, i rented it by accident and later saw "Battle Los Angeles". Neither here nor there. I will remember this one always. Face it, "Battle Los Angeles" was no landmark either. But this one actually made me laugh out loud. From the dramatic reveal of the questionably impressive heroine, to the soldiers holding handsthey ran from an alien attack, this movie was a hoot. I've seen a lot of bad movies but seldom gotten any real belly laughs at their expense. Sure, it's a total waste of time, but I could say that about probably eighty percent of the movies I watch and on the scale of stinkers, this one ranks near the top. My uncomfortable snickers of embarrassment for the cast and "writer" still countlaughs. One of my criterion for rating movies is if they show me something I've never seen before, this one showed me several, mostly bad, but all laughable. Not to be mistaken for Battle:Los Angeles that just finished in the theaters. This was a horribly bad (in so many ways) SYFY movie that just happened to come out on DVD around the same time. I did make that mistake, don't you too. The acting: bloody awful.. The story: what story? The Special Effects: Looked like they were drawn by a 6 year old with crayons. OK, an 80 year old washed up Air Force Reserve dude can bring down one of these alien spaceships with a 6 shooter, but F-18s (or something similar) can't bring one down with missiles. Then after the old fart brings down the spaceship, he shoots his six gun up into the weapons array and destroys it, but then he puts it on his shoulder and somehow know how to work it? and takes down another alien ship…I keep thinking SYFY is going to come up with a good original movie, but I keep getting disappointed with crap like this. They should just stick to original series, they are terrific.
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