Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
  Taylor Kitsch  ...  Lieutenant Alex Hopper 
  Alexander Skarsgård  ...  Commander Stone Hopper 
  Rihanna  ...  Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes 
  Brooklyn Decker  ...  Sam 
  Tadanobu Asano  ...  Captain Yugi Nagata 
  Hamish Linklater  ...  Cal Zapata 
  Liam Neeson  ...  Admiral Shane 
  Peter MacNicol  ...  Secretary of Defense 
  John Tui  ...  Chief Petty Officer Walter 'The Beast' Lynch 
  Jesse Plemons  ...  Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy 'Ordy' Ord 
  Gregory D. Gadson  ...  Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales 
  Jerry Ferrara  ...  Sampson JOOD Strodell 
  Adam Godley  ...  Dr. Nogrady 
  Rico McClinton  ...  Captain Browley 
  Joji Yoshida  ...  Chief Engineer Hiroki 

Based on the classic Hasbro naval combat game, Battleship is the story of an international fleet of ships who come across an alien armada whilst on a Naval war games exercise. An intense battle ensues over sea, land and air. What do they aliens - known as 'The Regents' - want?

Half of this film is what you'd expect from the title, lots of booms, bangs and aliens. It's moronic but OK if you can turn your brain off.

However, near the end it becomes hilariously bad with the introduction of a series of obvious non-actors who are only there so people who love the military can get all misty eyed and salute whatever flag while overusing the word 'hero'.

The scene where these characters are introduced standing at the various points on the ship is one of the worst I can remember in a main-stream blockbuster. Presumably we were supposed to be in awe but all I could think of was how they A) Got up there and B) How they'd get back down without breaking a hip.

Oh and while I know it's pointless questioning these things in such a film but it seemed to me that all the aliens really needed was a couple of those spinny ball things. Job done.