Battleship

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Battleship

PG-13,

2012,

2h 11m,

Sci-Fi/

Action/

Adventure/

Mystery & Thriller

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Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a weapons officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), is the commanding officer of the USS Sampson. Unknown to Alex, Stone or the rest of the U.S. Navy, alien invaders have arrived on Earth with plans to steal Earth's resources. When a confrontation with the invaders knocks out the Navy's radar capability, American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet.

Critics Consensus

It may offer energetic escapism for less demanding filmgoers, but Battleship is too loud, poorly written, and formulaic to justify its expense -- and a lot less fun than its source material.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

May 24, 2012

Once the special effects take over, Berg has little room to assert his personality (or tell a story, for that matter), and the movie feels like a chore.

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Perri Nemiroff

Shockya.com

May 19, 2012

2.5

Riggins and Landry in the Navy, Peter Berg Does Michael Bay, Transformers-esque, Not Really Battleship; any of those titles are just as fitting if not more so than Battleship.

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

May 18, 2012

Battleship is substantially less awful than it could have been. And for me, that may have been the biggest disappointment of all.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Oct 19, 2022

1.5/4

A derivative, nonsensical sci-fi project best described by comparing it to better movies.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

Aug 26, 2022

Some people will tell you that Battleship is a bad film. And they will be right. But it is still a better film than a lot of other action and effects-dominated movies out there. Especially ones based on toy franchises.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 19, 2022

2/5

Underneath the bombastic veneer of grinding metal, explosions, and destruction lies a corny and often times ridiculous story that can’t be saved by the fancy coat of CGI paint.

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Draco G

Mar 25, 2019

I enjoyed the movie and the actors. It is great they left out the mega stars. That makes better movies. Great action and effects. They should have advertised this more as I did not find out about this gem till after the fact.

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Mar 8, 2019

Fun movie in the same vein as Transformers or any other campy Sci Fi

Luke M

Feb 15, 2019

Better then people say it is.

Han R

Feb 11, 2019

I don't agree with the critics, but then there is very little I don't like when it comes to movies. I'd make a lousy critic.LOL I really enjoyed Battleship!

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Jan 28, 2019

I am amazed at bad ratings for this movie. I loved it and so did my husband. The special effects were amazing.

George G

Jan 13, 2019

BATTLESHIP is two hours of dumb fun, and it's not that bad in my opinion. Fans of naval warfare or anybody who just wants to see a moderate action movie will be entertained. All else who expect plot twists, sophisticated storytelling and expertly-written dialogue can let this one sink.

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Peter Berg

Director

Taylor Kitsch

Lt. Alex Hopper

Alexander Skarsgård

Stone

Rihanna

Petty Officer Cora Raikes

Brooklyn Decker

Sam Shane

Tadanobu Asano

Capt. Yugi Nagata

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Synopsis

Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a weapons officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), is the commanding officer of the USS Sampson. Unknown to Alex, Stone or the rest of the U.S. Navy, alien invaders have arrived on Earth with plans to steal Earth's resources. When a confrontation with the invaders knocks out the Navy's radar capability, American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet.

Director: Peter Berg
Producer: Brian Goldner, Scott Stuber, Sarah Aubrey, Duncan Henderson, Bennett Schneir
Screenwriter: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Bluegrass Films, Dentsu, Film 44, Universal Pictures, Hasbro
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Action|Intense Seq. of Destruction|Intense Sequences of Violence|Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $65.2M
Runtime: 2h 11m

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