American Warships
| American Battleship | |
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| Directed by | Thunder Levin |
| Written by | Thunder Levin |
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| Cinematography | Stuart Brereton |
| Edited by | Karl Armstrong |
| Music by | Chris Ridenhour |
| Distributed by | The Asylum |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,000,000 |
American Battleship (also known as American Warships) is a 2012 science fiction war film directed by Thunder Levin and distributed by The Asylum. It premiered on the Syfy Channel on May 15, 2012. In the tradition of The Asylum's film catalog, the film is an extremely low-budget mockbuster of the Hasbro Studios/Universal Pictures film Battleship.[1]
Plot
USS Iowa is on its final voyage before being decommissioned and turning into a floating museum. When USS Enterprise is attacked and destroyed by a mysterious force, World War III looms. The captain of Iowa chases an invisible ship, which they discover to be an alien force waging war on Earth. Only the crew of this last American battleship stands in their way.[2] (The Iowa's outdated technology is immune to the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons of the alien.)
During the fight, in Washington, D.C., General McKraken attempts to steer the high stake game of brinkmanship between the U.S. and other world powers as several coast towns in North Korea were also attacked, in an apparent attempt by the aliens to get the world to destroy itself. McKraken's diplomatic efforts attempt to buy Iowa time to provide proof of the alien incursion.
Cast
- Mario Van Peebles as Captain Winston
- Carl Weathers as General McKraken
- Elijah Chester as Secretary of Defense Alter
- Johanna Watts as Lt. Caroline Bradley
- Nikki McCauley as Julia Flynn
- Devin McGhee as Lt. Cmdr. Juarez
- Mandela Van Peebles as Lookout Dunbar
- Josh Cohen as Weapons Officer Clancy
- David Polinsky as Admiral Hollis
- William Sudbrock as Helmsman
- Robin Dale Robertson as Major
References
- 2012 films
- 2012 independent films
- 2010s science fiction war films
- 2010s war films
- Alien invasions in films
- American science fiction war films
- Direct-to-video science fiction films
- Films shot in Los Angeles
- Mockbuster films
- Syfy original films
- The Asylum films
- War adventure films
- Films set on ships
- 2010s English-language films
- Films shot in North Carolina
- 2010s American films