Battleship Film
Battleship is a 2012 American alien
invasion military science fiction naval war film loosely inspired by the classic board game.
The film was directed by Peter Berg and released byUniversal
Pictures. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård,Rihanna, Brooklyn
Decker, and Tadanobu
Asano.
The
film was originally planned to be released in 2011, but was rescheduled to
April 11, 2012, in the United Kingdom and May 18, 2012, in the United States. The
film's world premiere was in Tokyo, Japan on April 3, 2012.
PLOT :
NASA discovers
an extrasolar planet, called Planet-G, with conditions
similar to Earthand transmits a powerful signal from a
communications array in Hawaii. Meanwhile slacker Alex Hopper gets arrested
while attempting to impress Samantha Shane, daughter of United States Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Terrance Shane. Stone Hopper,
Alex's older brother and a Commander under Terrance, is
infuriated at Alex's lack of motivation and forces Alex to join him in the United States Navy. By 2012, Alex is alieutenant aboard the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while
Stone is the commanding officer of USS Sampson. Alex is in a
relationship with Samantha and due to disciplinary problems is in danger of
being discharged from the Navy. Their ships,
along with others from around the world, are taking part in RIMPAC naval
exercises in Hawaii.
During the training exercise five alien spacecraft arrive in
response to the NASA signal. Their communications ship crashes in Hong Kong,
while four others land in the water near Hawaii. Sampson, John
Paul Jones, and the JMSDF Kongō class destroyer Myōkōinvestigate, but are trapped when the
alien mothership erects a tower that creates a force field over
and around the Hawaiian islands. After shots are fired the aliens destroySampson and Myōkō,
and damage John Paul Jones, killing the commanding and executive
officers. Alex takes command as the most senior officer left on the ship, while
also learning that Stone was killed on the Sampson. The John
Paul Jones recovers survivors from Myōkō, including
Captain Nagata, whom Alex is in a rivalry with.
Meanwhile the aliens have taken over the communications array on
O'ahu. Nearby, Samantha, a physiotherapist, is accompanying retired Army
veteran and double amputee Mick Canales on a hike to help him adapt to his
prosthetic legs. They meet scientist Cal Zapata, who is fleeing from the array.
Zapata informs them that the aliens are likely planning to bounce a signal to
their home planet off NASA's Project Beacon satellite, but the satellite will
not be in range for another five hours. Zapata then agrees to retrieve a radio
that will allow Samantha and Mick to contact the John Paul Jones and
relay this information.
Back on the John Paul Jones, the crew faces difficulty
because the alien force field has disabled radar functions. Nagata suggests
using the tsunami warning buoys around Hawaii to
track the aliens, and as their ship monitors the NOAA buoy technology
the surge of the advancing alien ships generates detectable wave action. During
a night battle, the aliens and the humans exchange shots in a manner
reminiscent of the "Battleship" board game. The John Paul
Jones sinks two alien ships but is unable to hit the third. Alex had
learned from crew mate Jimmy Ord that the aliens were sensitive to sunlight
after they had captured one, and decides to lure the third alien vessel close
to shore, where he and Nagata shoot out its bridge windows as the sunrise blinds
the aliens. In the ensuing battle, both ships are destroyed.
Fearing the aliens are contacting a larger invasion fleet, Alex
needs to destroy the alien mothership and tower next. But since his ship has
been destroyed the survivors are forced to return to base and acquire the only
remaining naval vessel, the USS Missouri. Although
decommissioned and turned into a museum ship,
they are able to reactivate it with the aid of the retired veterans preserving
her. The battleship manages to evade the alien weapons fire by deceiving the
alien threat-detection system, engages the alien mothership with its powerful
main guns and destroys the force field it was maintaining. Alex uses the last
shell to destroy the communications array on the island, leaving the Missouri defenseless.
However, with the force field barrier down, US Navy and Royal Australian Air Force jet
fighters from the RIMPAC fleet arrive and eliminate the last alien vessel. A
ceremony is held to honor the navy personnel and Alex asks Admiral Shane for
his daughter's hand in marriage. The Admiral initially refuses but invites Alex
to lunch to discuss the matter. A post-credits scene in Scotland shows three
schoolchildren and a handyman running off in terror as an alien hand reaches
out of an object they have just broken open.
CAST
§ Taylor Kitsch as
Lieutenant Alex Hopper, an undisciplined US Navy Weapons Officer assigned to
the USS John Paul Jones.
§ Liam Neeson as
Admiral Terrance Shane, Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet and father
of Samantha Shane.
§ Alexander Skarsgård as Commander Stone
Hopper, Alex's older brother, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson.
§ Rihanna as Gunner's Mate Second Class (GM2) Cora Raikes, crew
mate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones.
§ Brooklyn Decker as
Samantha "Sam" Shane, a physical therapist and Alex Hopper's
girlfriend.
§ Tadanobu Asano as
Captain Nagata, JMSDF, Commanding Officer of the JDS Myōkō.
§ Hamish Linklater as
Cal Zapata, a scientist working on O'ahu
§ Jesse Plemons as
Jimmy "Ordy" Ord, undesignated Seaman on the USS John Paul Jones
§ John Tui as Chief Petty Officer Walter
"Beast" Lynch, a crew mate of the USS John Paul Jones
§ Gregory D.
Gadson as Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales, an Army combat
veteran and double amputee.
§ Adam Godley as
Dr. Nogrady, the scientist leading the Beacon program.
§ Peter MacNicol as
the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
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