

When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.
Visual Effects
Giant alien ships look surprisingly decent for $10M.
Practical Effects
Practical alien suits hit different than CGI.

Director
Greg Strause
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Strause brothers self-funded most of this for $10 million, then immediately sued Sony after Battle: Los Angeles stole their thunder.
This kicked off a whole franchise nobody asked for — three sequels exist, including Beyond Skyline with Frank Grillo fistfighting aliens.