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

Peter Berg: during the initial attack on the Sampson. He relays the fire warning shot command.

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Goofs

The film shows one of the ship's main battery turrets rotating roughly 180 degrees in only a few seconds. Additionally, one the 16" rifles is shown elevating at a rapid rate. Both are inaccurate. The turrets rotate at around 4 degrees per second therefore it would require at least 45 seconds to spin the turret to face the opposite direction. Each 16" gun barrel with breech weighs around 270,000 pounds, they elevate at a much slower rate than shown.

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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

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

User Reviews

Worth a watch

Well, all I wanted to say on this movie has already been covered by other posters. This is the sort of movie easy to mess up but oh so difficult to pull off. Grab a bucket of popcorn and a drink, suspend all of the plethora of questions and total disbelief that this movie will inevitably bring up; and sit back and watch a Summer blockbuster in Spring, which has been well done and is fairly well acted, given the paucity of subject matter - an ageing board game.

To be honest it is a fun movie that doesn't seem as long as its' 2 hours Is it formulaic?, is it fairly predictable? Absolutely, but is it fun, oh yeah - go and see it; it's the panned movie that is a hidden gem for those that don't care too much about plot but just love a good show.