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Created Dec 23, 2011 10:42AM PST • Edited Dec 23, 2011 10:43AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Barely OK 2.0

   I’m a sucker for Humans v Alien movies, and when the humans are Marines, I’m a goner! One of my all time favorites of this genre is Starship Troopers. Battle of LA taps in to that same Hoo-Rah! Get them! emotion. It has sort of an aliens in Mogadishu feel. Although it has plenty of moments of suspense and action, as well as decent special effects – it fails to get past too many servings of cheese and overly-cliche depictions of war-time Marines.

4. Acting

   OK 2.5

   I swear that Aaron Eckhart was trying to talk like Clint Eastwood in this film, except it came across more like he was whispering in baritone — and all to make it seem like he was the strong, silent underdog type. Actually, most of the cast came across as decent actors — but suffered the penalty of being given such cheesy scripts to work with.

5. Male Stars OK 2.5

6. Female Stars OK 2.5

7. Female Costars OK 2.5

8. Male Costars OK 2.5

10. Film

    Barely OK 2.0

    Should I really have expected more from Liebesman? No, not really – but like I said in the beginning – I’m a sucker for these types of films — I’ll never learn.

11. Direction Barely OK 2.0

12. Play Barely OK 2.0

13. Music Barely OK 2.0

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.7

17. Sex Titillating 1.7

18. Violence Fierce 1.7

19. Rudeness Salty 1.7

21. Reality

    Supernatural 3.1

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 3.1

23. Biological Supernatural 3.1

24. Physical Supernatural 3.1