Review of Battleship (2012) by Matt S — 26 Oct 2013

Just a bunch of crazy good action! Total guy movie.

This review of Battleship (2012) was written by Matt S on 26 Oct 2013.

Battleship has generally received mixed reviews.

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It's not faithful to the board game, and it's not great, but Battleship is still a pretty fun movie…

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By Nick Dent (153) for Time Out Sydney (74) on 26 Sep 2017

Battleship is logic-free Michael Bay-style fodder where nothing's at stake and even the jingoism is hard to take seriously. Everyone loses…

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By John A (1,813) on 10 Apr 2017

Manages to somehow tread just on the wrong side of being so bad to be ironically good: instead it's just really bad :-(…

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By Conor S (58) on 23 Oct 2017

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By Phil S (666) on 11 Sep 2017

Ridiculous but fun, tried to outdo Michael Bay and succeeded with better editing, slightly better script and less shit humour /fascism…

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By Johnny P (48) on 28 Sep 2017

A mindless summer action-movie spectacle. Director Berg allows humor to seep in the middle of all of the explosions and special effects…

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By Jared S (820) on 19 Oct 2018

The last time I recall, there were no aliens involved in the broad-game. Fuck this shit…

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By Thunderbirb R (3) on 03 Aug 2018

It's just an action flick. Good CGI. Average acting…

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By Dave P (388) on 14 Jul 2018

Yes, it's crap. Of course it's crap. It's a collection of action set pieces loosely based on a board game…

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By Tim F (715) on 22 Jul 2018

Seen it, not bad, still lacks a bit and stalls in the middle but worth the effort to watch it again…

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