Battleship (2012)

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

Director:

Peter Berg

Writers:

Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Stars:

Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson

4 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Taylor Kitsch	...	Lieutenant Alex Hopper
Alexander Skarsgård	...	Commander Stone Hopper
Rihanna	...	Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes
Brooklyn Decker	...	Sam
Tadanobu Asano	...	Captain Yugi Nagata
Hamish Linklater	...	Cal Zapata
Liam Neeson	...	Admiral Shane
Peter MacNicol	...	Secretary of Defense
John Tui	...	Chief Petty Officer Walter 'The Beast' Lynch
Jesse Plemons	...	Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy 'Ordy' Ord
Gregory D. Gadson	...	Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales
Jerry Ferrara	...	Sampson JOOD Strodell
Adam Godley	...	Dr. Nogrady
Rico McClinton	...	Captain Browley
Joji Yoshida	...	Chief Engineer Hiroki

Storyline

A naval war ship encounters an alien armada and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want? Based on the Hasbro naval war game.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | battleship | alien invasion | wargames | based on board game | 

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Taglines:

The Battle for Earth Begins at Sea

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

18 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battleship

Filming Locations:

Figueroa Hotel - 939 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$209,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,534,825, 20 May 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$65,422,625

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$303,025,485

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Hasbro, Bluegrass Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

131 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

USS Missouri was taken out of port for one day in 2010 for filming purposes crewed by US Navy personnel.

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Goofs

When Hopper is playing football for the USA Navy against the Japanese Navy he is kicked in the face by a Japanese player. When he is laying on the ground his face is covered in blood around his nose. He stands up as his brother talks to him, his face is clean, he picks up the ball to take the penalty and his face has blood all around his nose. He stands up and the blood has gone, he turns to another player to threaten him and the blood is back.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: In 2005, scientists discovered a distant planet believed to have a climate nearly identical to Earth.
Title Card: In 2006, NASA built a transmission device five times more powerful than any before it, and a program to contact the planet began.
Title Card: It was known as The Beacon Project.

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Crazy Credits

There is an additional final scene after the end credits.

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Connections

Featured in All Hands on Deck: The Cast of 'Battleship' (2012)

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Soundtracks

One Lovely Day
Written by Citizen Cope (as Clarence Greenwood)
Performed by Citizen Cope
Courtesy of Rainwater Recordings

User Reviews

I wanted the Aliens to win

The casting of this film was awful, Taylor Kitch I did not mind in his previous John Carter, but he did not seem the same in this, Alexander Skarsgård played his half brother who looked absolutely nothing like him, if they made a big budget only fools and horses, here are Del-boy and Rodney...The film has some great effects but I did not like any of the macho Navy seals and the love story was dull with no chemistry between them..I think I wanted the Aliens to win about half way through to I could go home. The Special effects are good and it has some enjoyable moments but they are few and far between..Give me Transformers any day of the week, a lot better then this drivel..One good thing, Rhianna was good in it, hope to see more of her in movies, best thing in it by a mile..If your still single love, look me up ;-) otherall..A generous 2 out of 10 because the special effects where great, pity about the actors and the story, but at least America saved the world again..Yawn