Released in , Battleship is a military science fiction action film that turned a simple board game into a high-stakes, big-budget extraterrestrial showdown. Directed by Peter Berg , the movie stars Taylor Kitsch , Alexander Skarsgård , Liam Neeson , and marked the film debut of pop star Rihanna . Plot & Premise
To understand Battleship , you must first understand its source material. Hasbro, following the massive success of Transformers (2007), looked at its library of board games. Monopoly was in development hell. Candy Land was considered too saccharine. Then someone looked at Battleship —the two-player guessing game of coordinates (B-4, you sunk my destroyer!). Battleship -2012-2012
was a cinematic gamble of tectonic proportions. With a staggering budget of $209 million, Hasbro and Universal Pictures attempted to do for a grid-based board game what Pirates of the Caribbean Released in , Battleship is a military science