Battleship

Genre: Action / Sci-fi / Thriller // Running Time: 131 minutes // Release Date: April 11, 2012
Cast & Crew at IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/

Overall Rating 8 out of 10

Synopsis: Loosely based on the Milton Bradley board game of the same name, Battleship sees an international fleet of ships accidentally come across an armada of alien ships while participating in the RIMPAC Naval War Games and the battle for the continued existence of humanity begins.

If you're looking for a totally kick ass, non-stop action movie, this might be the best one I've seen in a long time. I thought this movie was incredible. I was extremely curious how they were going to turn a relatively tame board game into a full-length feature film. Turns out that the answer was to not base much on the game other than the name of course, having battleships and destroyers in the movie, and one small scene where they attempt to hit the other ships by calling out coordinates (which is totally awesome). The movie is literally a non-stop action ride for 2 hours. There's a few sub-plots thrown in as well to create some dramatic tension and comedy, but what this film boils down to is humans vs. aliens and you know you're gonna root for the humans ... unless you're an alien, in which case, why haven't you told me!???!

The acting, although not really necessary for this kind of movie, is pretty good. Liam Neeson and Alexander Skaarsgard are both very good actors, and they are both fantastic in this movie. Taylor Kitsch is a very believable action hero and I think his acting is getting better with each film. And Brooklyn Decker is one of the hottest women on Earth in my opinion and you get to stare, I mean see, her a lot throughout the course of this film (I hate you Andy Roddick!). Even Rhianna does a pretty good job and, spoiler alert, she doesn't even really sing!

Similar to Wrath of the Titans, this movie is a non-stop action extravaganza! It's not going to win any acting or writing awards, but that's not the point. If you're in the mood for a fun, entertaining bit of cinema, this is definitely the place to find it!