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 & 16 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

An international fleet of naval warships encounters an alien armada while on a Naval war games exercise and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. 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?

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rihanna's acting debut.

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Goofs

When Alex, Raikes, and Beast approach the mother ship in the dinghy, Alex is standing portside. Through Stone's specs, Alex is standing to starboard. In the next shot he's standing portside.

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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 Battleship: Commander Pete (2012)

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Soundtracks

Fortunate Son
Written by John Fogerty (as John C. Fogerty)
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

Forget the bad ratings. Watch the movie. It's fun.

I'm not sure why everyone is complaining about this movie. It's an action movie - not a deep social commentary or a romantic comedy.

Yeah. It had plenty of implausibilities but so what. Every movie has them.

It was well made, hero's and bad guys who had just enough weapons to be dangerous but not dangerous enough to secure the environment.

But again. This is a feel good, Cowboys & Indians movie.

Well I enjoyed it a lot and I'm kind of hard to please. It simply was not as bad as everyone says it is.

I liked the choice of actors even the two from Friday Night Lights.

The guy who played the injured sailor was pretty funny.

And what's a movie without your resident geek. Check.

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

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 DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1