I recently had the misfortune of reviewing Battle: Los Angeles and Red Riding Hood, both for Moving Pictures.
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| Further evidence of the continuing degradation of the once-proud American action film, “Battle: Los Angeles” relies on egregious war movie stereotypes and clichés in this disastrously bad hybrid of “Black Hawk Down” and an alien-invasion picture. For their essentially 90-minute video game complete with quests and required trick shots to down enemies, director Jonathan Liebesman (“The Killing Room”) and writer Christopher Bertolini (“The General’s Daughter”) ostensibly took inspiration from the Battle of Los Angeles, a falsely reported World War II air raid, for their poorly crafted story of Marines making a last stand against alien invaders. |
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| “Red Riding Hood” opens with a beautiful panoramic vista of snowcapped peaks. Sadly, those 30 seconds offer the only quality moments in this vapid fairy tale from director Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”). |
Remember, I suffer so you don’t have to.