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What more can you ask for, aliens and bringing the relic
Battleship back into action one more time to defend the earth! The navy is setting up for routine naval
exercises off the coast of Hawaii when it’s clear an unknown entity has
answered the call sent off into space at long last. The courageous men and woman (Rihanna!) take the battle directly to
the aliens although technologically the odds are tipped against us. It may take the brave men of naval years past
to finally get on even enough waters to stop a possible impending
invasion. It’s an action romp on water
that trickles in the science fiction element enough to put it on the worthy
list of alien summer blockbusters of all time.
If you don’t agree with me take it up with that spinning ball of
metallic death from the movie!
As much
as I like to completely omit the first few scenes in the movie due to that
standard type of setup in a movie such as this let’s give it a skim. You get introduced to two brothers who couldn’t
be more opposite of each other. One is a
navy captain who is disciplined and set on a career course for wholesome living
while defending the waters of the USA.
He is what all father’s want for their daughters right? The loser drunk brother is the younger of the
two and after a terribly awful attempt to impress the movies eye candy actress
gets forced into the navy by his older brother.
The woman he tries to woe ends up being the daughter of the admiral, the
one and only Liam Neeson. The younger
brother is likable enough and acts well but the other one lacks in that
department.
Alex,
younger brother, eventually rights ‘his
ship’ so to speak, ha-ha right?
There is a soccer match that introduces Nagata, a captain who riffs with
Alex. It’s a simple scene showing the
unstable nature of Alex and what he needs to do in life to become a better
person. It’s not anything deep with
philosophical roots but it’s a blockbuster so it really suffices if you ask me. Alex has managed to hook up with Sam, Liam
Neeson’s daughter, but is too afraid to formally ask the admiral for her hand
in marriage. It’s all part of the
shakiness the character goes through in the beginnings of the movie. The navy embarks on their training exercise
skirmishes off the coast of Hawaii which promises to be the last for Alex. Stone, Alex’s older brother, feels he failed
his brother as he tried his best to help his brother attain a good life. It’s a classic brotherly bond that fits right
into the simplicity of what we’ll call a story for now. Rihanna also makes her appearance around this
time and she really does well in the supporting role. It’s around this point that I briefly begin
to demand some alien action to occur.
You can only take about 15-20 minutes of blockbuster story before you
want to ‘boo’. Alas my thoughts were heard and now we get to
the part I enjoy.
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What
ends up happening is the aliens form an impassable shield around the Hawaiian
Islands that cut off everything except for three destroyers and one ancient
surprise. What’s that surprise, well
I’ll tell you later, ha-ha, don’t I suck?
Alex, Stone, Nagata and Rihanna are all trapped inside engaging against
some amphibious vehicles the aliens operate.
It doesn’t go well for them as they end up losing all three destroyers
and Stone perishes with his ship. It’s
sounds sad but his acting needed to be stopped and a timely placed death healed
that. I’m not a monster I just want the movie
to be more entertaining that’s all.
There is a typical despair Alex goes through as all this wildness is
occurring and thrusting him into the position of captain. I felt a bit of sorrow as Stone died but I
always feel properly placed sacrifice in a movie can really do wonders if you
allow yourself to feel it. I know it’s a
blockbuster but it’s fairly well done and I was impressed.
Liam
Neeson is stuck on the outside of this barrier so we don’t see much of him
throughout the movie, pity because he played the role very good. The down and almost out sailors are forced to
life boats to drift along helplessly thinking earth is doomed. The aliens many times chose not to kill humans
when given the chance and only did so when the fearful humans attacked first. I got the feeling the aliens were on earth to
do something else but it’s never clearly defined which for me is
disappointing. I always love a good
purpose from aliens along with origins but I don’t fret it much this time. The aliens launch crazy spinning wheels of
clanky mayhem throughout the movie that demolish key points to inhibit humans
but not destroy them. That’s something
else I noticed as I watched, it seemed the aliens were harvester like in that they
wanted something we had. It’s impossible
to know and speculation is all we can offer ourselves, again sadly.
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The
showdown ensues as the Battleship converges on the mountain top full of
communications that needs to be shut down.
On the way they come across the generator ship for the shield so Captain
Alex decides to risk all to destroy it to make way for reinforcements. It’s a true alien @$$ kicking scene you can’t
help but go wild for as Alex makes a daring move to dodge the alien fire then
send devastating counter fire right back.
They have only one shot left and aim for the communications as they all
are prepared to make it their last fight.
The shield from the alien technology goes down and Liam Neeson orders
every fighter plane to aid the ancient ship.
Action
movies with explosions normally really do not excite me but I give credit to
this attempt. Ships sunk, alien warships
were vulnerable and death occurred in masses to keep the movie at a level
consistent with what might happen if this actually happened. I never found myself thinking, ‘Yeah like that would happen or Are you
kidding me?’ What becomes of the
remaining aliens is unknown but its left open to ponder what they were up to in
the first place. I’d say action fans
would be pleased most with this movie with science fiction fans not far behind. I’d like to breakdown this movie more but I
want to get this out there nice and fresh so it can help you decide if you’d
like to go out and see it! I recommend
it highly but you probably already guessed that didn’t you?
Rating: 8.5 of 10I’ve used my own images for this review and hope you find them suitable.
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