Query: Futuristic films set in the Southwestern United States about Marines
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Battle: Los Angeles
Independence Day: Resurgence
Evidence from documents: Battle: Los Angeles: The film is set in modern-day Los Angeles and follows a Marine Staff Sergeant played by Aaron Eckhart who leads a platoon of U.S. Marines, joined by other stranded military personnel, during a global alien invasion.
Independence Day: Resurgence: Futuristic films: The film takes place twenty years after the events of the first film, during which the United Nations has collaborated to form the Earth Space Defense, an international military defense and research organization.
Southwestern United States: . Principal photography began in April 2015 at locations primarily in New Mexico but also in the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah, which were featured in the original. This was one of Robert Loggia's final projects before he died and the film is dedicated in memory of him.