Aaron Eckhart has played of my all-time favorite roles of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He plays a Sargent in Battle for L.A. and is a soul because he lost the men under his command in Iraq, but he survived. Aliens are attacking L.A. and we aren't doing too hot fighting them. They have guns that shoot pieces of metal, comparable to a rail gun in video games. It's fighting and drama and action, so it's not terrible. It's pretty ho-hum and predictable for the most part. Decent acting throughout headed by Eckhart as the tortured soldier. There's quite a bit of ridiculousness, like not just blowing up everything around the aliens because the millions of missiles we have all across the country are apparently useless, but sending troops on foot with M-16's is the best idea we can come up with. All projectiles we could fire from any number of places, including jeeps and vehicles we have all over the place. I couldn't look past those facts the entire time, so the movie was jaded for me.
Bottom Line: 6.8 out of 10. It was better than I expected, but that really isn't saying much. I hate ridiculous moments in action movies and this had a few, but it was manageable. It's worth a free viewing on Starz, or whatever movie channel it's on.
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