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In 2005, NASA discovers an extrasolar planet with conditions similar to Earth and transmits a powerful signal from a communications array in Hawaii. Meanwhile slacker Alex Hopper gets arrested while attempting to impress Sam Shane, daughter of United States Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Terrance Shane. Stone, Alex's older brother and a Commander under Shane, is infuriated by Alex's slackness and forces him to join the United States Navy. By 2012, Alex has risen to lieutenant aboard the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while Stone is the commanding officer of USS Sampson. Alex is now dating Samantha, but due to disciplinary problems, is in danger of dismissal from his Naval Commission. The brothers' two ships, along with others from other Pacific nations, are taking part in RIMPAC naval exercises near Hawaii.
During the training exercise five alien spacecraft arrive in response to the NASA signal. One ship crashes in Hong Kong after colliding with a satellite during entry, while four others land in the water near Hawaii. Sampson, John Paul Jones, and the JMSDF Kongo class destroyer Myoko investigate the strange structures sticking out of the ocean, but are then trapped when one of the ships powers up a force field, surrounding the alien command site and severing all communications with the body of the RIMPAC fleet. After the navy starts shooting, the aliens obliterate Sampson, sink Myoko, and heavily damage John Paul Jones with a shredding sphere, killing the commanding and executive officers. Meanwhile the alien flagship (with the force field generator) launches 3 Shredder spheres which land on the island destroying everything in their path. Hopper, as the most senior officer left alive on the ship, takes command. He recovers some survivors from Myoko, including Captain Nagata, who has an idea to use the tsunami warning buoys around Hawaii to track the invisible-to-radar aliens by "water-displacement". The crew also recovers an injured alien, which gives them a chance to investigate their armor and physique. The alien is suddenly rescued by others of its species and one stays behind to destroy the ship, but Hopper lures it in front of the John Paul Jones deck cannon and it is killed. However, after the encounter, one of the crew, curious about the alien helmet, puts it on and realizes that the aliens are sensitive to sunlight.
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Trailer Battleship (2012) :
Cast Battleship (2012):
- Taylor Kitsch as Lieutenant Alex Hopper
- Alexander Skarsgård as Commander Stone Hopper
- Rihanna as Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes
- Brooklyn Decker as Sam
- Tadanobu Asano as Captain Yugi Nagata
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