★
This movie is awful.
It’s completely formulaic without even trying to stretch the conventions, and the characters and plot are largely without interest. Battleship's black sheep has to learn to be patient,
not only to save the world but to get the girl.
I knew the rest of the story within the first ten minutes.
Battleship is not bad enough to be ironic, and it’s not
dedicated enough to bring sincerity. Even Liam Neeson has trouble mustering much
conviction with the creaky, embarrassing, obvious script. The special effects aren’t bad, but Berg is
blameworthy for not doing more with the money and talent he clearly had. How did he make two passable films, Hancock and The Kingdom, and then create this dud?
