Battleship (2012)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 208
Fresh: 71 | Rotten: 137
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.
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 28
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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Movie Info
Peter Berg produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper's fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper's older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the
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Taylor Kitsch
Alex Hopper, Lieuten... -
Alexander Skarsgård
Commander Stone Hopp... -
Rihanna
Petty Officer Cora "... -
Brooklyn Decker
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Tadanobu Asano
Captain Yugi Nagata -
Hamish Linklater
Cal Zapata -
Liam Neeson
Admiral Shane -
Peter MacNicol
Secretary of Defense -
John Tui
Chief Petty Officer ... -
Jesse Plemons
Boatswain Mate Seama... -
Gregory D. Gadson
Lieutenant Colonel M... -
Jerry Ferrara
Sampson JOOD Strodel... -
Adam Godley
Dr. Nogrady -
Rico McClinton
Captain Browley -
Joji Yoshida
Chief Engineer Hirok... -
Louis Lombardi
Bartender -
Norman Vincent McLaf...
Old Salt -
Stephen C. Bishop
JPJ OOD -
Dante Jimenez
JPJ XO Mullenaro -
Daven Arce
JPJ Helmsman -
Ralph Richardson
JPJ Starboard Gunner -
Biunca Love
JPJ BMOW -
Michael Sherman
JPJ JOOD -
Austin Naulity
JPJ Fireman -
Patricia Carroll Bro...
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Gregory Harvey
JPJ Fireman -
James Rawlings
JPJ Scat -
Andrew Serpas
JPJ Armorer -
Damien Parker
JPJ Helibay Sailor -
Carson Aune
CIC Gunner -
Doug Penty
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Josh Pence
Combat Systems Coord... -
Jason Henderson
Radar System Control... -
Brint Terrell
Chart Table Plotter -
Brad Faucheux
Chart Table Log Keep... -
Dustin J. Reno
Electronic Warfare S... -
John Schmotzer
CIC Watch Officer -
Peter Berg
JPJ 2nd Gunner -
Jonathon Groves
JPJ Port Gunner -
Lloyd Pitts
JPJ Port Gunner -
Ryan Tinio
JPJ Radar Op -
Allie Sillah
JPJ Lead Helmsman -
John Santiago
JPJ Switchboard Oper... -
Kiley Margeson
Gun Console Operator -
Jeffrey Johns
Surface Warfare Coor... -
Esther Solomon
JPJ CIWS Operator -
Kevin Garlington
JPJ Air Warfare Coor... -
Anthony Czumalowski
JPJ Sailor -
James Hadde
JPJ Sailor -
Pat Lancaster
JPJ Sailor -
Jordan Kirkwood
JPJ Sailor -
Jane Dubiel
JPJ Sailor -
John Weaver
JPJ Sailor -
Mark Lindquist
JPJ Sailor -
Phil Neilson
JPJ Sailor -
Dane Justman
Sampson OOD -
Dustin Watchman
Sampson Helmsman -
Drew Rausch
Sampson XO -
Ryland Reamy
Sampson CIC TAO -
Donald Willcutt
Sampson Starboard Lo... -
Eli Miranda
Sampson Boatswain -
Joshua Demuth
Sampson Port Lookout -
Thomas Grieser
Sampson Watch Office... -
Chris Darling
Sampson OS DA -
Tyrone Gregg
Sampson Gunner -
Brian Hirono
Myoko OOD -
Yutaka Takeuchi
Myoko XO -
Nobuharu Harada
Myoko JOOD -
Masaomi Uchida
Myoko Helmsman -
Kyle Ken Shimabukuro
Myoko Radar Operator -
Masashi Takekawa
Myoko Starboard Look... -
Hyoe Joe Takahashi
Myoko BMOW -
Rick Hoffman
Chairman Joint Chief... -
Stephen Baldini
State Department Off... -
Bill Stinchcomb
Marine Commandant -
Bruce Mandell
Army Chief of Staff -
Gary Grubbs
Air Force Chief of S... -
Dave Jensen
NASA Director -
Mike Meldman
Commander Meldman -
Hunter Meldman
Ensign -
George Arine
Japanese Vice Admira... -
Bill McMullen
JPL Supervisor -
Joe Chrest
JPL Controller -
Benjamin Lloyd
Officer Blake -
Billy Slaughter
BIP Technician -
Griff Furst
BIP HQ Controller #2 -
Terri Battee
BIP Journalist -
Angelo Denova
BIP Journalist -
Colby Parker, Jr.
BIP Scientist -
Geoff Clayton
BIP Scientist -
David Kors
BIP Scientist -
Christopher McGahan
Cal's Jr. Tech -
Kerry Cahill
Cal's Female Colleag... -
Liz Wicker
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Michelle Arthur
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Natalia Castellanos
Spanish Newscaster -
Dan Cooke
Hawaiian Newscaster -
Leni Ito
Japanese Newscaster -
Garrett Lynch
Old Salt -
Dennis M. Keating
Old Salt -
William I. Carr
Old Salt -
Donald C. Dailey
Old Salt -
William Powers
Old Salt -
Philip Trifilo
Old Salt -
Jason Wilken
Director of Rehabili... -
Legrand Strickland
Wounded Warrior -
Dallas Kane Hewitt
POFC Dallas -
Wallace Mackensen
Old Salt -
Adam Sibley
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Larry Wegger
Old Salt WO -
James Rish
SCAT Team -
Hiram Fong
Old Salt Navigator -
John Culkin
Old Salt RO -
Drew Edward Hunter
Old Salt TAO -
Wesley Phelps
Tourist Kid -
Marcus Lyle Brown
Regent Land Commande... -
Conor McCarry
Ronnie -
Dylan Gillooly
Thom -
Ronald Chavez
Commander Rivera -
Marissa Nordhelm
Reagan Radar Operato... -
James Ward
Old Salt -
Kyle Clements
Regent Sea Commander -
Rami Malek
Watch Officer -
Zach Selwyn
Soccer Announcer -
William Long Jr.
Old Salt -
Frank Cassavetes
Grizzled Gunner -
Robin Atkin Downes
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Kevin Kearns
Jimmy -
Evan Bernard
Fat Guy at Bar -
John Bell
Angus -
Adrian Bellani
Ensign Chavez -
Ray Mabus
Reagan CO -
Robert Hotalen
Marine Aide -
Tom McCurdy
Admiral Shane's Aide -
Cora Yamagata
Convenience Store Ow... -
Clarence Greenwood
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Leonard Rogers
Japanese Goalie -
Frank J. Doyle
Soccer Ref -
Jackie Johnson
As Herself -
Michael Vernon
CAREN Technician -
George O'Hanlon
Tourist Guide
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All Critics (208) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (71) | Rotten (137) | DVD (4)
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.
Top CriticBattleship is substantially less awful than it could have been. And for me, that may have been the biggest disappointment of all.
If the movie is anything like the game, I say stay at home and read a good book (or graphic novel). Or listen to an audiobook - In short, do anything else.
Big loud stupid dopey shameless cliched overbearing and did I mention stupid?
One can be sure that heroic characters get what they want, bond with enemies, and earn respect.
"Battleship" doesn't sink, really. It just sits there booming endlessly as you look on aghast.
Long, loud and pedestrian, this drama only gets exciting in its closing minutes.
An assault on reason, logic and complex characterisation, but in an enjoyable way, like a slightly less camp dramatisation of the Village People's finest ship-based sing-song.
Just like the board game, assuming the board game cost $200 million and was dumb.
We should celebrate the explicit nature, the unabashed and unapologetic chutzpah of a film that dares to be stupid, yet does so with so much intelligence.
This cheap-looking dung heap doesn't even bother hiding its contempt for paying audiences, and the lack of pretension almost justifies the cynicism on display.
What starts out as a seriously tense naval war thriller ends up being Pearl Harbour II: Intergalactic Boogaloo.
Battleship is a movie that is enjoyable beyond expectation, but doesn't offer much more than the fast-food-style fun of a summer movie spectacle.
It's not satire, it doesn't play on two levels like Starship Troopers, it's just s---... As a piece of miscalculated, American wankery, it is almost unparalleled.
Watch the movie for its spectacle and nothing else.
A silly summer popcorn flick that tries too hard to be witty and tongue-in-cheek while still embracing its deadly serious commitment to being the ultimate blow-em-up action extravaganza.
It really should have been obvious to everyone involved that it was going to turn out like this.
Believe it or not, no one ever says the game's signature line. So, lets say it here, all together and with enthusiasm, "You sunk my Battleship!"
It appears a Hollywood boardroom has scraped the bottom of the barrel of originality to come up with a very long, very loud movie with almost nothing new to say.
Direction is sharp, but the dull assembly line story damages this hokey action picture that's occasionally so bad it's good.
Battleship is to chicken burritos what The Avengers was to shawarma.
Maybe it wasn't too smart to turn this Hasbro game into an alien-invasion movie.
For an action flick that starts to sink right out of port, 'Battleship' does take a clever turn. But, boy, do you have to wait a long time for it to smarten up.
Any movie based on Battleship that doesn't at least throw in a PT boat isn't worthy of the name.
... it sounds incredibly dumb -- and it is, but not without a little fun.
I am a sucker for these kinds of big, dumb action movies (I liked "John Carter" and "The Green Lantern" too), particularly if they have a good deal of science fiction in them, and this one does.
Audience Reviews for Battleship
Super Reviewer
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- Admiral Shane: Saving the world is one thing; marrying my daughter is something else.
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- Lieutenant Alex Hopper: We need to find a way to destroy that communications relay.
- Petty Officer Cora "Weps" Raikes: Our last ship was just sunk, and we barely got off it. And we are compeltly cut off from the rest of the fleet. We don't have anything else.
- Lieutenant Alex Hopper: Yes, we do. [stares at the battleship Mississippi anchored in the harbor] We have a battleship.
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- Captain Yugi Nagata: [on the bridge with Hopper discussing how to track the aliens] What if we could see them without seeing them?
- Lieutenant Alex Hopper: Don't tell me you're talking about the Art of War. I've read that book six times, and it still dosen't make any sense to me. How do you fight the enemy where they are not?
- Captain Yugi Nagata: That is a Chinese book. Display NOAA data on the bridge monitor. [all NOAA data from buoys is displayed] Now, set grid formation. [a square grid appears on the monitor, and each buoy is in the center of a square] There's one right over there. [a square shows a large displacement of water from the buoy's measurements]
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- Petty Officer Cora "Weps" Raikes: Mahalo motherfucker.
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- Admiral Shane: Prepare to fire.
- JPJ JOOD: Which weapons?
- Admiral Shane: All of them.
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- Petty Officer Cora "Weps" Raikes: Mahalo mutherfucker!
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Piece of Shit | 2 months ago | 15 |
| I liked it - to hell with critics | 38 days ago | 4 |
| great movie | 52 days ago | 2 |
| BattleSHIT | 2 months ago | 1 |
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