Battleship (2012) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	May 18, 2012
On DVD:	August 28, 2012
Genre:	Sci-Fi, Action
Director:	Peter Berg
Writer:	Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Cast:	Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Asano Tadanobu, Liam Neeson
Studio:	Universal Pictures
Official site:	battleshipmovie.com
Running Time:	131 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding...

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In May, Universal Pictures released a sci-fi action movie with a $260 million budget with the misguided thinking that people wanted to watch a cheesy movie based on a nearly unrelated classic Hasbro game. This said movie, which will remain nameless until the next sentence, earned $300 million worldwide, but after marketing and print costs are taken into account, it can only be described as a massive flop.

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