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platoon faces off against an alien invasion in Los Angeles in
Columbia Pictures' action thriller "Battle: Los Angeles."A
Marine platoon faces off against an alien invasion in Los
Angeles in Columbia Pictures’ action thriller “Battle: Los
Angeles.”  What does one do with the body of a half-dead alien
invader?  If you’re one of the Marines battling a race of
insectoid conquerors through the dusty streets of L.A. in
“Battle: Los Angeles,” you hack it apart with a combat knife —
and look for any way to kill it.  By the time the body is found,
the Marines have discovered that the creatures are remarkably
tough to kill; like horror movie villains, they get shot again
and again, but keep rising from the dead. So, with the aid of a
conveniently available civilian veterinarian, the troops begin a
hasty dissection, searching for the hidden weakness in an
indestructible enemy.  As its squishy insides are spilled, the
alien groans, but never says a word. The wid