{"id":1264,"date":"2012-02-04T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T00:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2012-02-04T18:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T00:20:25","slug":"american-battleships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"American Battleships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back when there were still video stores, there were lots of movies that helped fill shelf space not taken up by the big star-driven films.<\/p>\n

You may have almost grabbed some of these videos; they had great artwork and the images on the boxes looked eerily familiar to other big budget movies like \u201cTransformers\u201d or \u201cBattle: Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon closer inspection, however, the movie you were holding was a low-budget knock off looking to cash in, with a title like \u201cTransmorphers\u201d and \u201cBattle of Los Angeles\u201d instead.<\/p>\n

Roger Corman would be proud. These B- and Z-grade movies, sometimes called \u201cmockbusters,\u201d still help fill out the selections to choose from at department store chains and possibly even in your Netflix queue. They\u2019re typically timed for released just as their big-screen, big-budget counterparts hit the cinemas.<\/p>\n

Knock-offs or not, sometimes these cheaply made films can be a groan-inducing hoot. (\u201cSharktopus\u201d anyone?)<\/p>\n

The Asylum Home Entertainment is a company that makes many of these films. A few months ago the company shot \u201cAmerican Battleship\u201d in Wilmington so quietly that it flew under the radar for a while until photos began to pop up on Facebook.
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