Battle: Los Angeles: Hollywood's Body Count Math

Battle: Los Angeles, opening in theaters Friday, is just the latest film to revel in the destruction of a major U.S. metro area. But why are audiences so obsessed with seeing their big cities turned to rubble?

Marlow Stern

Published Mar. 10 2011 5:50PM EST 

Marlow Stern

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