Battleship -2012-2012 Official

When the spray cleared, the dome was gone. The sky was blue again. On the horizon, rescue ships appeared.

Kitsch plays Lieutenant Alex Hopper, a reckless, directionless slacker who joins the Navy after a humiliating attempt to steal a chicken burrito for a girl (Brooklyn Decker). This opening sequence—the "burrito incident"—has become legendary in its own right. It is, by all accounts, the most jarring tonal shift in modern blockbuster history. One minute you are watching a romantic comedy about a man-child; the next, you are watching a naval officer sacrifice himself to save humanity. Battleship -2012-2012

Crucially, the film also featured the legendary (BB-63), an actual Iowa-class battleship. The third act of the film features a thrilling sequence where a crew of retired veterans and active sailors resurrect the museum ship to take on the alien mothership. The roaring thunder of the Missouri’s 16-inch guns remains one of the high points of 2010s action cinema. Box Office and Cultural Legacy When the spray cleared, the dome was gone