Battleship

Rated: PG-13

Run time: 2 hours 11 minutes

Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson and Rihanna

Liam Neeson can growl with the best of them and it’s a good thing too because that is pretty much what he’s limited to during this film. Rihanna actually does a good job in the movie, even if she is a radar technician, who is a bad-ass that performs pretty much every job in the Navy.

This movie has a little bit of everything in it. We have some romance (just a little bit), some action, and some laughs. Just suspend you’re belief in reality before the movie starts and you will more than likely have a good time.

Apparently, scientists found a way to send a radio signal to outer space about the same time our hero (Kitsch) is getting arrested for stealing a chicken burrito to impress a young lady (hence the romance). He is made to join the U.S.Navy by his big brother. Fast forward a few years, our intrepid hero is now a Lieutenant in the Navy and the aliens show up answering the message. Then all hell breaks loose. I must say that I’m glad to see that an alien invasion attacked someplace other than New York, this time it’s Hawaii.

The aliens just happen to attack while the USN and the Japanese Navy are having war games. Now they keep saying the “world” war games, but it seems that only the USA and the Japanese show up because no other country appears to be participating. Once the aliens get here, stop thinking and just sit back and enjoy the movie. It is enjoyable, as long as you don’t start asking questions. I don’t want to get into any of the implausible goings on in the movie because I don’t want to spoil any of the surprises. One of the best movie punches I’ve seen awhile is made by Gregory D. Gadson (a retired army colonel and double amputee) playing an army colonel and double amputee going through physical therapy (I told you this movie has something for everyone) and proves to be crucial to the movie. The USS Missouri even comes out of retirement along with its crew and it provides some of my favorite scenes in the movie.

I can, in good conscience, recommend this movie as entertainment. So, go see it and give your brain a rest.