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Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, the film is a "documentary-style" war movie that depicts an alien invasion through the eyes of a U.S. Marine platoon . subtitle Battle Los Angeles

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: Just months after Pearl Harbor, jitters over a Japanese attack led U.S. forces to fire over 1,400 anti-aircraft shells at unidentified objects in the sky over Los Angeles . subtitle Battle Los Angeles