Subtitle Battle Los Angeles -

: 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 .

: A group of Marines, led by Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), must rescue civilians and destroy an alien command center in a war-torn Los Angeles . subtitle Battle Los Angeles

: The invaders are bio-mechanical beings that attack coastal cities to harvest Earth's water for fuel . The Real-Life "Battle of Los Angeles" : Just months after Pearl Harbor, jitters over

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 . : The invaders are bio-mechanical beings that attack

: The incident remains a favorite topic for UFO theorists, who speculate the objects were actually extraterrestrial craft—a theory the 2011 film uses as its core premise . "Mockbuster" Confusion