"Battleship"

After their success with the "Transformers" franchise, Hasbro has turned its attention to a different kind of robot, though not that different.

Scientists have sent a message to the stars, a message of hope and good will. It is when the message gets a reply that the Earth's problems really begin.
At the same time, a ceremony is taking place to honour the War Heroes from the past, and a group of varying Naval war ships are participating in some War Games, the honour of the fleet is at stake, with ships from all over the world taking part.

Soon the World's Oceans are not only full of big Warships doing battle with each other, but also visitors from another World. Needless to say that they are not the most friendly of guests. Soon they are disposing of Naval vessels of all kinds, and the Fleet are powerless to help. The visiting Aliens have put up a large shield around their Ship, but also trapped inside are 3 Warships from the War Games, the remainder of the Warships are outside, and unable to break through.
A battle ensues with the Aliens looking like they are all but unbeatable.

This film is a mess, and instead of following in the great traditions of the first "Tranformers" film, it unfortunately follows in the footsteps of the sequel, and the even worse second sequel. There is very little to commend about it, visually it is impressive but that is little to help ease the pain of watching this movie.
Having said that, there is one saving grace which saves this film from being a complete disaster. Towards the end, the heroes are in need of a vessel, with the own being out of commission. So they go aboard the USS Minesota, a ship that has not seen active duty for some time. But who will step up to the mark and work the ship?  Namely the aged veterans who were being honoured in the earlier Ceremony. With the majority of them passed pension age, you wonder whether their hearts will hold out, but they do an admirable job, providing some heart and humour to an otherwise pretty drab movie.

Hopefully film studios will come to realise that Taylor Kitsch seems to have the kiss of death round him when it comes to carrying a top Hollywood movie. He sunk "John Carter" and it seems that he will continue the trend with this latest film.

No amount of special FX can transform this dire movie.......4 out of 10