Wednesday 25 April 2012

Battleship (2012) 7/10

Starring : Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson
Director : Peter Berg
Running Time : 132 mins

Habitual slacker Alex Hopper (Kitsch) is forced by his brother Stone (Skarsgard) to join the navy in the hope that it will straighten him out, but Alex’s issues soon get put on the back burner when aliens respond to a signal with an electromagnetic pulse that disrupts all of Earth’s radio signals, leaving all ships blind to the alien attacks unless they are in direct line of sight.

Considering all the bad press I’d heard about this movie, and the fact that it is based on a board game, it wasn’t too bad. There’s actual characters in the film, and although most of the events are predictable, there is plenty of action for those who love that kind of thing, as well as some humour from not only supporting cast member Hamish Linklater (most famous for The new Adventures of Old Christine), but surprisingly from lead actor Taylor Kitsch himself. This is worth checking out

You’ll like this if you liked : Transformers



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