The film clever mimics the board game during its second act. The alien ships deploy a massive energy dome over the Hawaiian islands, cutting off communication and radar. Stranded inside the dome with limited visibility, the crew must track the alien vessels using NOAA tsunami warning buoys, effectively recreating the grid-based blind guessing gameplay of the original board game. A Star-Studded and Eclectic Cast
A tie-in video game was also released in 2012 for multiple platforms (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS). Battleship -2012-2012
(which focused on geological catastrophes and had a much longer runtime of 158 minutes), Battleship focused strictly on military-versus-alien combat. specific ships featured in the movie or more details on the alien technology The film clever mimics the board game during its second act