Battleship

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Call Number: DVD Action Battleship
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Based on Hasbro's Battleship.
DVD release of the 2012 motion picture.
Special features: Preparing for battle ; All hands on deck: the cast ; Engage in battle: shooting at sea; all aboard the fleet.
Liam Neeson, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard.
Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada while on a naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land, and air.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, Spanish and French) and DVS 2.0 stereo. surround (English).

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

f submitted by ftan on July 16, 2012, 2:20pm this movie is epic, esp. when seen on a large screen.

Lots of fun submitted by KeithMc on January 10, 2013, 6:12am Nicely done fantasy fare. I found it highly enjoyable. Directed by Peter Berg, a military aficionado, and working closely with navy advisers, for once the military behavior is a bit more believable and not such a distraction to the story as is often the case in the genre. It also has great cinematography featuring filming on a number of actual navy vessels (including a VERY rare view of a recently retrofitted USS Missouri at sea), realistic sets, and a good blend of CGI and live action.

The overall story is based on the famous Hasbro naval battle board game, but instead of two countries pitted against each other the US and Japan team up at Pearl Harbor to defend the planet against invading aliens with unusual battle technology. (A nice touch.) It features a "perpetual screwup character under stress", that must either finally figure out how to "get his own act together", use his wits for once, and organize everyone to come through in a pinch, or let the world down. The wide range of characters touched upon includes: women warriors in the military, children of military officers, older vets called back into service to tap their experience, and even veterans dealing with rehab issues after coming home with severe injuries.

The filmmakers did a great job of maintaining many of the key elements of the board game in the movie, from grid based blind battle, to even pegs! (LOL!)

The bonus footage includes: adapting the game to the movie, behind the scenes during the filming, an inside look at the cast and sets, some of the challenges of filming at sea, and even a rare look at one of the world's last remaining great battleships at sea and in drydock for maintenance.

Appropriately rated PG-13, for the fighting action.

- Keith Mc.

Better than I expected submitted by cherylo on July 3, 2013, 10:34pm This was a fun action movie, a heroic and broad-brush tale of stepping up when circumstances demand it. The foes' missiles completely look like pegs from the game, which made me laugh out loud!

Enjoyed it submitted by kathleen824 on August 27, 2013, 10:54am As action movies go it was thrilling.

Battleship submitted by leenajong on July 12, 2015, 5:54pm OK.

A bit goofy but reasonably good submitted by mandevil on June 3, 2023, 3:37pm The aliens are great