Battleship

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Battleship

PG-13

2012

2h 11m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a weapons officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), is the commanding officer of the USS Sampson. Unknown to Alex, Stone or the rest of the U.S. Navy, alien invaders have arrived on Earth with plans to steal Earth's resources. When a confrontation with the invaders knocks out the Navy's radar capability, American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet.

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Critics Consensus

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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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

May 24, 2012

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.

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Perri Nemiroff

Shockya.com

May 19, 2012

2.5

Riggins and Landry in the Navy, Peter Berg Does Michael Bay, Transformers-esque, Not Really Battleship; any of those titles are just as fitting if not more so than Battleship.

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

May 18, 2012

Battleship is substantially less awful than it could have been. And for me, that may have been the biggest disappointment of all.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Oct 19, 2022

1.5/4

A derivative, nonsensical sci-fi project best described by comparing it to better movies.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

Aug 26, 2022

Some people will tell you that Battleship is a bad film. And they will be right. But it is still a better film than a lot of other action and effects-dominated movies out there. Especially ones based on toy franchises.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 19, 2022

2/5

Underneath the bombastic veneer of grinding metal, explosions, and destruction lies a corny and often times ridiculous story that can’t be saved by the fancy coat of CGI paint.

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 20, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Joses J

@RT11381291 Sep 11, 2026

Es simplemente interesante y magnífica, algo que cambia los típicos ET por una civilización avanzada, insisto en una secuela, batalla naval es una buena apuesta al futuro y quiero ver a Rihanna de vuelta a la acción..

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 5, 2026

Battleship = a *2* star movie!

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Daniel G

@Danny4242 Sep 1, 2026

I thought it was a great show, seen it twice at no cost, now it's silly they want to charge people to watch such an old show, and a plenty of other shows that I have seen for free, now they are charging for them crazy.

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PTSports F

@RT66220355 Aug 25, 2026

Went to it at the theater when it was out with 3 buddies. It was pretty full and everyone loved it, great action 🎬 packed thriller. It should be in the 90's for PopcornMeter. Must have been a boatload of liberal or gay bots.

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Rolf K

@RT03878825 Aug 15, 2026

Sorry but this is one of my guilty pleasure movies. Funny tons of action and just a lot of fun.

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Synopsis

Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a weapons officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), is the commanding officer of the USS Sampson. Unknown to Alex, Stone or the rest of the U.S. Navy, alien invaders have arrived on Earth with plans to steal Earth's resources. When a confrontation with the invaders knocks out the Navy's radar capability, American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet.

Director: Peter Berg
Producer: Brian Goldner, Scott Stuber, 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

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