Battleship (film)
Battleship is a 2012 American Alien Invasionmilitary science fictionnavalwar 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, Brooklyn Decker, andTadanobu Asano. A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.
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 Seamen 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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDMXkPfxjOc
Budget$209,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend$25,534,825 (USA) (20 May2012) (3,690 Screens)
€2,137,456 (Italy) (15 April2012) (420 Screens)
PHP 45,984,537 (Philippines) (15 April2012) (231 Screens)
Basing on the figures, could it be the Movie of the Year? What do you think?
BattleShip, Movie of the year?
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