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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Battleship

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Battleship
Movie Info
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Director -
Peter Berg -
Producer -
Brian Goldner , Scott Stuber , Peter Berg , 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