Cheesy title. If my colleagues didn't ask me out to watch this with them, I would've passed on it on general principle. But now that I've watched it, I don't think I regret spending that time.
BLA is Hurt Locker meets Independence Day. As with sci-fi type alien invasion movies, plot holes are not only expected...they're probably encouraged. Ok really, I can think of a bunch of ways such technologically advanced aliens could've done things more efficiently. As in with much less loss of alien life and ordnance.
That said, the movie manages to capture the paranoia and drama of battle, specifically the knowledge that death may well be lurking around the next corner...after whole swathes of peace and quiet. The movie manages to get by with a surprisingly low tech art style for the aliens, and really I do think it's refreshing to see ghetto atmospheric thrusters and alien machinegunnery instead of the usual slick laser toting variety.
Not much can be said about the story in general, though I note that it doesn't attempt to shoehorn a romance into the narrative and that's always a plus. I'd say...8/10. I like the action and the desperation the show manages to portray. I don't care for the storyline though IMO it's not a big deal in such flicks. That's all.
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