American Warships

American Warships
American Warships
	DVD cover
Directed by	Thunder Levin
Written by	Thunder Levin
Produced by	David Michael Latt; David Rimawi; Paul Bales;
Starring	Mario Van Peebles; Carl Weathers; Johanna Watts;
Cinematography	Stuart Brereton
Edited by	Karl Armstrong
Music by	Chris Ridenhour
Distributed by	The Asylum
Release date	May 15, 2012;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,000,000

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]

Originally the film was titled American Battleship, but Universal later involved The Asylum in a copyright lawsuit over the film due to its resemblance to their film.^[2] As a result of the controversy, the name of the film was changed to American Warships.

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 Only the crew of this last American battleship stands in their way.^[3] (The Iowa's outdated technology is immune to the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons of the alien.)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

Reception

The Geek Twins rated the film 2 1/2 out of five stars.^[3]

References

^ Anything Horror – The Asylum Answers Battleship with Their American Battleship... and Guess Who Has the Better Cast??
^ Patten, Dominic. "'American Battleship' Lawsuit – Global Asylum Thanks Universal For It". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "A Review Of The Other Battleship Movie 'American Warships' [Review]". thegeektwins.com. May 21, 2012.

External links

American Warships at The Asylum
American Warships at IMDb

[Anything_Horror-1] Anything Horror – The Asylum Answers Battleship with Their American Battleship... and Guess Who Has the Better Cast??

[2] Patten, Dominic. "'American Battleship' Lawsuit – Global Asylum Thanks Universal For It". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

[thegeektwins.com-3] "A Review Of The Other Battleship Movie 'American Warships' [Review]". thegeektwins.com. May 21, 2012.

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