agentorange [Celluloid 12.09.11] movie news scifi



Peter Berg is definitely channeling Michael Bay here and yeah it looks like a bit of a silly Transformers rip, but forget everything you know about the old Battleship board game because this is a whole new thing.

The first trailer set the film up as a war game between alien invaders and the navy. In this trailer it's a full blown invasion complete with alien soldiers that look like they're right out of HALO.

The Transformers series has a certain dorky factor that makes it a little nauseating at times (read: jive talkin' side kick robots or robots spewing bad evil villain dialog) where Battleship feels like a more straight-ahead action film. At any rate there's a crap load of destruction.

Synopsis:
Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Inspired by 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 fiancee; Alexander Skarsgard as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.


Battleship opens on May 18 2012.

Noname (5 months ago) Reply

Wow That does look cool.

It better have a story!

trogen (5 months ago) Reply

story or not this looks cool!!

yeah (5 months ago) Reply

CG only

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