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.

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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

05/24/2012

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

05/19/2012

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

05/18/2012

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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Iván Kazi

EscribiendoCine

06/14/2023

6/10

Everything that you think may happen will happen. But it's the little differences in the process that make the movie enjoyable and its true filmmaking achievement. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

10/19/2022

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

08/26/2022

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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Raymond R

@CainVirethorn 4d

I love movies about aliens invading earth, and while this one was entertaining, it felt extremely rushed all throughout. Like, we don't even know WHO or WHAT the aliens are or what they wanted. All we know is, they showed up and wanted to send a message home. The one thing I will happily give this movie credit for is bringing in real veterans, specifically former crew of the Missouri. It's rare for this to happen and was heartwarming. Action wise, great movie. Story was buns. I will say, Sam was great for eye candy. Love her sexy body, love her short shorts and legs.

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JOHN K

@Shampion 4d

Very underrated movie… personally I think the movie is a four star, but I’m giving it a five to help up the rating… Definitely much better than the 34% rating it gets from the critics… This movie has lots of action, some good performances … overall… it’s a good action film/movie of good guys versus bad guys.

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Billy C.

@bcassini13 Dec 18

Perfect 2010's cheesy action movie. So nostalgic to watch. Brooklyn decker is always great as well

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Chris M

Dec 13

Umm, it was a well written and well acted re-adaptation of so many movies like independence day with a touch of armageddon, top gun and the hunt for red October. The movie had a lot of heart, transformers-esque special effects and heart tugging appreciation for our veterans. It has probably aged like a fine wine. I wouldn't mind a modern sequel where they come back and the world retaliates with the best of our modern day abilities including Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson...just sayin

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Alexander S

@Meatloaf Dec 6

Very fun movie. Worth a watch.

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JM H

@JMH9999 Nov 19

Stupid but entertaining.

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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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