Battleship

Battleship is a 2012 American science fiction naval war film based on the children's game. The film was directed by Peter Berg and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, and Liam Neeson. 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. Plot In 2005, NASA discovers an extrasolar planet with conditions similar to Earth. On the chance that it contains intelligent life, NASA transmits a powerful signal from a communications array based in Hawaii. Around the same time, the talented but undisciplined slacker Alex Hopper attempts to impress a woman by getting her a chicken burrito; the result of which sees Alex break into a convenience store and be tasered by the police. Stone Hopper, a naval officer, attempts to give his younger brother some direction by forcing him to join the United States Navy. By 2012, Alex is a lieutenant and the Tactical Action Officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while Stone is commanding officer of USS Sampson. Alex is also in a committed relationship with Samantha Shane (the woman he tried to impress seven years prior), and wants to marry her, but is afraid of asking her father, Pacific Fleet commanding officer Vice Admiral Shane, for permission. During the opening ceremony for the RIMPAC multinational naval exercise, Alex gets into a brawl with Captain Nagata, commanding officer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JDS Myōkō; the latest in a string of incidents marring the young officer's career. Alex is given a dressing-down by Admiral Shane, and later learns from his brother that there is a good chance he will be discharged at the end of RIMPAC. Meanwhile, Samantha accompanies Army veteran and amputee Mick Canales on a hike on Oahu in order to help him adapt to his prosthetic legs. A small fleet of alien ships arrives in response to the NASA signal. One ship collides with an orbital satellite and crashes in Hong Kong, while four others land in the waters near Hawaii. Sampson, John Paul Jones, and Myōkō are sent to investigate, but are trapped when one of the ships erects an impenetrable forcefield around the Hawaiian islands. The three destroyers attempt to establish contact, but are attacked by a second alien vessel: Sampson and Myōkō are destroyed, and John Paul Jones is damaged with the commanding and executive officers killed, forcing Alex to take command. Although initially wanting to attack the alien ship in retaliation for his brother's death, Alex is convinced to break off and recover survivors from Myōkō; this act prompts the aliens to interpret the surviving destroyer as not a threat. Although the forcefield is preventing the use of radar and sonar, Nagata reveals that they could use the tsunami warning buoys around Hawaii to track the alien vessels by their displacement. During a night-time battle, the aliens and the Americans exchange pot shots, with John Paul Jones sinking two, but unable to lock onto the third. An alien is recovered from the water; from this, the humans determine that the aliens are very sensitive to sunlight. Alex uses his ship to lure the alien vessel close to shore, where he and Nagata shoot out its bridge windows at sunrise. Both John Paul Jones and the alien ship are destroyed in the ensuing battle. Meanwhile, a group of alien soldiers and scientists have landed on Oahu. Samantha and Mick narrowly avoid their detection, and run into a fleeing NASA scientist. Because their communications ship was the one that crashed, the alien ground force has captured the NASA communications array, and are modifying it to signal their home planet. Believing that a larger invasion might be imminent, Samantha contacts Alex, and warns him. Alex had planned to destroy the array with his ship, but after John Paul Jones is destroyed, the survivors are forced to return to base and acquire the only available naval vessel, the battleship USS Missouri. Although a museum ship, Alex and his crew are able to reactivate Missouri with the aid of the veterans preserving her. The battleship is able to disable the forcefield being generated by the last alien ship, but end up with only one high-explosive shell left. Alex uses it to fire on the NASA array, but before the defenceless Missouri can be attacked by the aliens on the alien ship, an aircraft from the RIMPAC fleets arrives and eliminates the alien ship, while the NASA array explodes, destroying all the aliens. Back on shore, the naval personnel, along with Mick, are honored for their actions in defeating the alien invasion. After the ceremony, Alex finally asks Admiral Shane for his daughter's hand in marriage; the Admiral initially refuses, then invites Alex to lunch (by recalling the chicken burrito incident) to discuss the matter.