BATTLESHIP

Plot:


Alex Hopper (Kitsch), a misguided and wayward young man who upon getting in trouble is presented with the options of going to jail or join the naval academy under his brother Commander Stone Hopper (Skarsgard) takes the latter. Still even in the academy he allows his erratic character to overshadow his talents jeopardizing his tenure with the Navy and his relationship with his girlfriend Sam (Decker) whose father Admiral Shane (Neeson) holds his fate in his hands.While in midst of naval training exercises in the Pacific Ocean, the US fleet becomes engaged in a war of battleships with a group of alien invaders that were inadvertently summoned here by a communication signal from NASA. When Alex is placed in the position of captain for one of the battleships, he must utilize all his calculating strategies to prevent the aliens from signaling more of their ships to enter Earth’s atmosphere causing complete annihilation.


Reel Talk:


What do you get when you combine Transformers and Independence Day together? The answer is Battleship! Based on the old school Hasbro game of the same name, Battleship although a seemingly spin off of the two before mentioned blockbuster films does not quite stack up to them. Yes it is action packed and very entertaining but just lacks originality. Most of the scenes are pretty much borrowed from the other films. The other problem with this movie and others like it (even the box crushing The Avengers), is that they want us to believe that if we were invaded and the aliens using hi-tech laser weapons and the US starts off using traditional weapons like hand guns or assault rifles which when used the bullets bounce off the aliens like pebbles, can ward any invasion from another planet? I don’t think so!!! Once again this is a entertaining movie, with some attractive and impressing talents from the cast in Kitsch, Skarsgard, Rihanna and Decker who is doing a double release with What To Expect When You’re Expecting opening this weekend as well. It is worth going out and seeing opening weekend, so check it out.

Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano and Liam Neeson
Directed by: Peter Berg
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corn dogs.

By: Corn Dog – The Reel Hustler