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Overview

When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.

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Liam Neeson

Taylor Kitsch

Alexander Skarsgård

Hamish Linklater

Director:

Peter Berg

Writer:

Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber

Release Date:

2012-04-11

Run Time:

131m

Tagline:

The battle for Earth begins at sea.

Genres:

Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller

Keywords:

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Financials and Popularity

Budget: 209,000,000.00 $

Revenue: 303,025,485.00 $

Vote Average: 5.9/10

Vote Count: 5909 Votes

Movie Popularity: 9.1194

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese

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- 23 April 2026 at 12:04 am

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⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 6/10 THE SUMMARY How do you turn a board game where you stare at a plastic grid into a $200 million blockbuster? You add aliens, obviously. When NASA sends a "hello" signal to a distant planet, five alien scout ships arrive and drop a massive force field over Hawaii, trapping a few Navy destroyers inside. Lieutenant Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a reckless officer who started the movie stealing a chicken burrito, has to grow up fast when his older brother (Alexander Skarsgård) is taken out. Along with a crew that includes Rihanna and a legendary Admiral (Liam Neeson), Hopper has to figure out how to sink highly advanced extraterrestrial ships using nothing but old-school naval tactics and a literal game of "blind" radar. THE PROS It is a "Guaranteed Banger" for fans of loud, unapologetic spectacle. The third act is pure "The Business"—watching a crew of actual WWII veterans help the young sailors restart the decommissioned USS Missouri to the tune of AC/DC is peak cinema bravado. It’s "The Masterpiece" of ridiculous action; it knows it’s a movie based on a board game and leans into it with a sequence where they actually use water-buoy grids to fire "pegs" at hidden targets. The sound design is massive, the alien "shredder" drones are genuinely cool, and the film serves as a high-quality "cheeseburger" of a movie—simple, greasy, and satisfying. THE CONS The script is thinner than a wet piece of cardboard. It’s an "Abomination" of logic where characters carry 1,000-pound shells by hand and aliens can travel across galaxies but are defeated by a sniper rifle and some sunlight. It’s a 6/10 because it’s about 30 minutes too long and takes itself a bit too seriously in the first hour before finally embracing the madness. The dialogue is a collection of every action movie cliché ever written, and Liam Neeson is essentially a glorified cameo who spends most of the movie standing on a deck looking concerned. THE VERDICT A 6/10. It’s "The Business" if you want a mindless "Michael Bay-style" explosion fest without actually having to watch a Transformers movie. It misses the 9/10 mark because it's deeply stupid, but it’s a 10/10 for "Sunday afternoon entertainment." It’s "The Garbage" that you can’t help but love because watching a battleship drift like a race car is something your inner ten-year-old needs to see. INSOMNIAC TRIVIA To keep things authentic, they filmed on the real USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, and several of the "old-timers" in the movie are actual WWII veterans. Also, this was Rihanna’s acting debut—she reportedly took the role because she wanted to play a "tough" character who didn't care about being pretty. Fun fact: The film’s "hero" ship, the USS John Paul Jones, shares its name with the legendary Revolutionary War naval hero, and Taylor Kitsch’s character actually says his famous line: "I have not yet begun to fight!" (even though in the movie, he’s mostly just trying not to get blown up). THE VIBE Like a fireworks display on the Fourth of July. It’s loud, it’s patriotic, it’s probably a waste of money, and there’s no real plot—but you can’t look away because the explosions are just so shiny.

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Cast

Liam Neeson

Taylor Kitsch

Alexander Skarsgård

Hamish Linklater

Jesse Plemons

Tadanobu Asano

John Tui

Peter MacNicol

Rihanna

Brooklyn Decker

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Insomniacs Reviews
- 23 April 2026 at 1:04 AM

⭐ Insomniacs Rating: 6/10

THE SUMMARY

How do you turn a board game where you stare at a plastic grid into a $200 million blockbuster? You add aliens, obviously. When NASA sends a “hello” signal to a distant planet, five alien scout ships arrive and drop a massive force field over Hawaii, trapping a few Navy destroyers inside. Lieutenant Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a reckless officer who started the movie stealing a chicken burrito, has to grow up fast when his older brother (Alexander Skarsgård) is taken out. Along with a crew that includes Rihanna and a legendary Admiral (Liam Neeson), Hopper has to figure out how to sink highly advanced extraterrestrial ships using nothing but old-school naval tactics and a literal game of “blind” radar.

THE PROS

It is a “Guaranteed Banger” for fans of loud, unapologetic spectacle. The third act is pure “The Business”—watching a crew of actual WWII veterans help the young sailors restart the decommissioned USS Missouri to the tune of AC/DC is peak cinema bravado. It’s “The Masterpiece” of ridiculous action; it knows it’s a movie based on a board game and leans into it with a sequence where they actually use water-buoy grids to fire “pegs” at hidden targets. The sound design is massive, the alien “shredder” drones are genuinely cool, and the film serves as a high-quality “cheeseburger” of a movie—simple, greasy, and satisfying.

THE CONS

The script is thinner than a wet piece of cardboard. It’s an “Abomination” of logic where characters carry 1,000-pound shells by hand and aliens can travel across galaxies but are defeated by a sniper rifle and some sunlight. It’s a 6/10 because it’s about 30 minutes too long and takes itself a bit too seriously in the first hour before finally embracing the madness. The dialogue is a collection of every action movie cliché ever written, and Liam Neeson is essentially a glorified cameo who spends most of the movie standing on a deck looking concerned.

THE VERDICT

A 6/10. It’s “The Business” if you want a mindless “Michael Bay-style” explosion fest without actually having to watch a Transformers movie. It misses the 9/10 mark because it’s deeply stupid, but it’s a 10/10 for “Sunday afternoon entertainment.” It’s “The Garbage” that you can’t help but love because watching a battleship drift like a race car is something your inner ten-year-old needs to see.

INSOMNIAC TRIVIA

To keep things authentic, they filmed on the real USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, and several of the “old-timers” in the movie are actual WWII veterans. Also, this was Rihanna’s acting debut—she reportedly took the role because she wanted to play a “tough” character who didn’t care about being pretty. Fun fact: The film’s “hero” ship, the USS John Paul Jones, shares its name with the legendary Revolutionary War naval hero, and Taylor Kitsch’s character actually says his famous line: “I have not yet begun to fight!” (even though in the movie, he’s mostly just trying not to get blown up).

THE VIBE

Like a fireworks display on the Fourth of July. It’s loud, it’s patriotic, it’s probably a waste of money, and there’s no real plot—but you can’t look away because the explosions are just so shiny.

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