Battleship (2012)

Today’s breaking news story comes to us through Dr. Nogrady (Adam Goodly), the head of NASA’s Beacon International Project, as he announces that scientists have identified an Earth like planet that they believe could sustain life; their goal is to transmit a signal to what they’re calling, Planet G, from a communication station located on Oahu, Hawaii.

Elsewhere on Oahu, Alex Hopper (Taylor Kirtsch) and his brother Navy Commander Stone Hopper (Alexander Skarsgard) are in a bar celebrating Alex’s birthday; Stone recalls a quote from an old coach:

“Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.”

Then he presents Alex with a single candle Birthday Cupcake and Alex wastes his one wish on a beautiful girl at the bar; but she’s not just any girl, Samantha Shane (Brooklyn Decker) is the daughter of Navy Admiral Shane (Liam Neeson). After quite an eventful night, Stone informs Alex that it’s time to grow up and he forces Alex to join him in the Navy.

Sometime later, thousands of sailors on dozens of ships are meeting in Hawaii for RIMPACA XXII; the world’s largest International Maritime War Games Exercise with 14 Navies and 20,000 Navy personnel, and the event also includes a memorial ceremony held on the decommissioned USS Missouri honoring Old-Salt (senior war veterans). It’s kind of like the Olympics, with game exercises on land and at sea. Alex has become a Navy Lieutenant and he did get the girl, he’s been dating Samantha all along, and now it’s time to formally ask for her hand in marriage; but he’s so intimidated by Admiral Shane that he screws up every opportunity he gets. Including today, even after Samantha had reserved specific private time for them to talk; Alex gets into a brawl with Japanese Captain Yugi Nagata (Tadanobu Asano) and Admiral Shane lashes out at him confirming his disapproval. The sea exercises begin and Alex is on the USS John Paul Jones, while Stone is on the USS Sampson; he informs Alex that the JAG will probably kick him out of the Navy after they’re done with RIMPAC. Meanwhile Dr. Nogrady, NASA, and the US Air Force are in contact with Cal (Hamish Linklater), the lead scientist at the communication satellite array station in Hawaii. 5 strange objects have entered our atmosphere, Cal has been advised to brace for impact as some of the unknown objects crash into the Pacific Ocean near him as well as several other areas around the world. NASA tells the Secretary of Defense that they believe this may be an alien response to the communication signals that they have been transmitting. Lucky for us, our Navy fleets are already in the Pacific and the floating objects can be seen by eye, but cannot be detected by radar. Alex gets sent out to investigate the floating objects and manages to activate some kind of force field, 3 Navy ships are trapped inside the barrier while the remaining naval fleets are located outside. Pretty soon, 3 large unfamiliar vessels emerge in front of the floating object; Stone orders the firing of a single warning shot for which the enemy retaliates and all hell breaks loose, 2 of the 3 trapped ships are annihilated. The enemy has also launched more strange objects to attack military bases and transportation infrastructures on land. Aliens have also landed on Oahu and NASA has determined that the aliens are planning to use our satellite array in Saddle Ridge Oahu to direct more of their kind to wage an extinction level event here on Earth. After a ferocious battle inside the barrier, all 3 Navy ships and 3 enemy vessels have been destroyed and all that’s left are a couple of lifeboats with far less than one ship’s full crew. Aliens are still on Oahu setting up to get their signal out and now, Alex and Captain Nagata need to find a way to blow up the Satellite array station before the aliens begin to transmit. But the only ship left in the harbor is the decommissioned USS Missouri, she’s a floating museum and these soldiers have no idea how to get her back into combat condition. However, once they get aboard, the ship’s hull comes to life with Old-Salt manned at all stations. “Oh brother, somebody gonna kiss the donkey!” And on that note both young and old Navy soldiers are ready to Rock, Lock and Load the USS Missouri into position to destroy the satellite array station and reclaim our planet.

Battleship is action packed with drama and awesome special effects, and indeed another Must See movie!

Wrath Of The Titans (2012)

In this tale of ancient Greece, Zeus (Liam Neeson) tells the story of deception and lack of faith that lead up to the end of the age of gods.

In the beginning; Zeus and his brothers Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston) defeated their evil father Kronos and locked him and the other Titans away deep under Tartarus. Zeus became the supreme god, lord of the heavens; Poseidon became lord of the seas and Hades became lord of the underworld. Zeus proclaimed as law that, no god shall intervene with the fates of man unless the Titans escaped or were released; and from that point on together with their great powers they ruled the world. But centuries later, the once praised and adulated gods grow weak as humans have lost faith through unanswered prayers.

Now Zeus calls upon his demigod son Perseus (Sam Worthington) to help him save the world and all mankind. He explains the coming of calamity and that it will affect both gods and man alike; without prayer the gods will lose their powers and all their work will come undone. The damage has already begun as demons seep through the walls of Tartarus. If the gods lose all their powers they become mortal and can die, and then Kronos himself will escape and make chaos to bring about the end of the world. Perseus is unconvinced of his worth and more concerned about the safety of his own son Helius, so he sends Zeus away to find other gods for this war. Zeus leaves to meet with his brothers and son Ares (Edgar Ramirez), he wants to unite so they can rebuild the walls of Tartarus to keep Kronos and the other Titans contained. A brief scuffle breaks and more demons escape, this time attacking Perseus’s village; when the threat is gone, he takes his son with him to pray to Zeus. But Poseidon shows up battered instead and explains how he and Zeus have been deceived by Ares and Hades and that Perseus is the world’s only hope now; Zeus has been captured and is a prisoner of the underworld. Poseidon mumbles on for Perseus to find his demigod son Agenor (Toby Kebbell) who is with Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Agenor will take him to The Fallen One, (Hephaestus). The Fallen One will take them to the underworld where together Perseus and Agenor; two half gods can use all of their powers to free Zeus, save humanity and try to defeat Kronos.

This movie relates and is a distant offshoot from Clash of the Titans. Although it’s not quite as creative, still with thrilling action, adventure, drama and fantasy there isn't much more you could ask for.       

The Grey (2012)

John Ottway (Liam Neeson) is a hired gunman for an Alaskan oil company, a sniper paid to protect the rigging teams as they lay pipelines across the harsh tundra. His job is about to take on a whole new set of duties when a haunting, but sweet and peaceful, dream is suddenly interrupted by a plane crash which forces him to trade his riffle for makeshift torches and spears. Now, instead of standing guard and keeping watch over the work crews, he finds himself arm and arm beside them as they fight for survival against not only the wilderness and frigid elements but also a fierce and relentless pack of wolves.

Ottway seems to be the only level-head when it comes to survival and the only one that knows anything about wolves. After he gets attacked outside the plane, he begins to share some of his knowledge with the six remaining crash survivors. But soon, they will all learn everything they will ever need to know as they trek away from the safety of the plane debris and out into the wind and snow in search of salvation.
 
             Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I will ever know 
                         Live or die on this day. Live or die on this day.

Most times you can sense when something big or bad, is about to happen. But that “something” had already happened after Ottway and Diaz fought, and the black wolf appeared. Then comes the calm. Everyone settled back down around the fire while Diaz is apologizing for being an ass and, WHAM! Sparks fly! ....OMG!....


YES! Another Must See movie, with drama, adventure, action and thrills. You definitely will not be disappointed!