This shameless action machine is a video game wrapped in a Marine Corps recruitment poster. Space aliens invade L.A., mostly trashing Santa Monica. Only our jarheads can rise to the occasion, mostly with a platoon led by veteran sergeant Aaron Eckhart. They make their escape from hell in a bright orange bus but return for gung-ho payback. The dreary scenes with a kid recall the worst flab in John Wayne’s Green Berets, and Wayne gets a mention, salted by irony. But, hey, good explosions! (2011) — David Elliott
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