Battleship
is a 2012 American military science fiction war film loosely inspired
by the classic board game. The film was directed by Peter Berg and
released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Liam
Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, John Tui, 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.
Battleship Movie Screen Shots
Story
By the present day, Alex is a hothead lieutenant 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 Sam and is in danger of being discharged
from the Navy. Their ships join the Rim of the Pacific Exercise
(RIMPAC) in Hawaii.
During the exercises five alien spacecraft
arrive in response to the NASA signal. Their communications ship crashes
in Hong Kong, causing heavy damage and casualties there, while four
others land in the water near Hawaii. Sampson, John Paul Jones, and the JMSDF Kongō class destroyer Myōkō
investigate. Alex, Raikes and Beast are sent to investigate, but when
Alex approaches, the alien mothership reacts and creates a force field
that traps the three warships. The Navy issues a blast from a fog horn,
which is answered in kind by a sonic blast from one of the alien ships.
The Navy opens fire on the alien fleet, which then reevaluates the
Earth ships friend or foe status, changing the monitor color for the Navy ships from green to red. The aliens destroy the Sampson and Myōkō, and damage John Paul Jones,
killing the commanding and executive officers. Alex sees his brother
die and returns to his ship, where he is forced to take command, albeit
reluctantly and to the disbelief of the crew, as the most senior officer
left on the ship. Enraged, he orders an attack, but Beast manages to
convince him to recover the survivors from Myōkō, including
Captain Nagata, with whom Alex is in a rivalry. The alien ships sends
weapons to the islands, that destroy the military equipment and island
infrastructure, but leaves noncombatants alive.
Meanwhile in Oahu, Sam, a physical therapist, is accompanying retired U.S. Army
veteran and double amputee Mick Canales, on a hike to help him adapt to
his prosthetic legs. At the sea, they capture an humanoid alien, which
attacks Alex before being rescued. Another alien infiltrates the ship,
but they manage to blast him off. Sam and Mick run into scientist Cal
Zapata, who informs them that the aliens are using the communications
array to signal back to their home planet.
Back on the John Paul Jones, thanks to the briefly captured
alien, the humans learn that the aliens are sensitive to sunlight, but
they face difficulty because the alien force field has disabled radar
functions. Nagata suggests using NOAA's tsunami warning buoys
around Hawaii to track the aliens as he has been using it to track
other countries ships for every RIMPAC game. Mick forces Zapata to
retrieve a spectrum analyser that allows Sam and Mick to contact the John Paul Jones
and relay this information that the communications satellite will be on
position in four hours and the aliens will be able to contact their
planet. During a night battle, the John Paul Jones sinks two
alien ships, but is unable to hit the third. Alex decides to lure the
third alien vessel close to shore at dawn, where he and Nagata shoot out
its bridge windows as the sunrise blinds the aliens. John Paul Jones destroys the last alien escort vessel only to fall prey to their mothership's long range weapons.
Fearing the aliens are contacting a larger invasion fleet, Alex and the survivors of the John Paul Jones and Myōkō assume command of USS Missouri, a decommissioned battleship turned into a museum ship,
and reactivate it with the aid of the retired veterans preserving her,
but end up coming face to face with the alien mothership. In the ensuing
battle, the Missouri severely damages the alien mothership,
destroying its force field in process. Alex uses the last shell to
destroy the communications array on the island, leaving the Missouri
defenseless. With the force field down, Admiral Shane scrambles the
fleet and F-18 fighters from the RIMPAC fleet arrive and save the crew
by eliminating the alien threat.
A ceremony is held to honor the
Navy personnel and Alex, who is promoted to Lieutenant Commander, is
presented with a Silver Star and accepts Stone's posthumous Navy Cross.
After the ceremony, Alex asks Admiral Shane for his daughter's hand in
marriage. The admiral initially refuses but invites Alex to lunch to
discuss the matter, referencing how Alex and Sam met.
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 opened.
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