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Battlefield Earth (2000)

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Reviews Counted:121

Fresh:3

Rotten:118

Average Rating:2.3/10

Consensus: Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad sci-fi folly.

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. A millennium ago, vicious Psychlo aliens swept down from the skies and wiped out... In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. A millennium ago, vicious Psychlo aliens swept down from the skies and wiped out Earth’s entire defense force in nine minutes. Now, the handfuls of surviving humans are either used as slaves, stripping the mineral resources from the planet for use by the Psychlo race, or hiding out in remote mountain villages, primitive and cut off from the rest of humanity.

One of the most powerful figures on this new Earth is Psychlo Chief of Security Terl (JOHN TRAVOLTA), a brilliant and monstrous alien who believes he was destined to conquer galaxies.

What he does not know is that one human, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (BARRY PEPPER), is about to put a kink in his plan to exploit Earth’s human slaves for his own personal gain. A hunter who sets out to make life better for his people, Jonnie is captured and made to work as a slave in one of the Psychlos’ mines. It is here that his journey really begins – a grand adventure that will lead him to discover places and things he never knew existed.

Terl holds every advantage, with the massive strength of invincible Psychlo machinery and the vast Psychlo empire behind him. Jonnie is an insignificant animal to Terl, but he is about to turn the tables, and unleash his unfailing hope in a final showdown for the future of Earth. [More]

Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates

Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Jim Meskimen, Christian Tessier

Director: Roger Christian

Director: Roger Christian
Screenwriter: Corey Mandell
Producer: Jonathan D. Krane, Elie Samaha, John Travolta
Composer: Elia Cmiral

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There is no reason for this sci-fi movie not to be rooted in some notion.

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01/01/00
Enrique Fernandez
Enrique Fernandez
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

This movie could not be stupider.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Okay folks, we've got a winner for worst film of the year, and the year isn't even half over yet.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

And you thought Dune was bad.

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01/01/00
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

The leader bares a resemblance to Andy Rooney of 60 Minutes, eyebrows and all. It would have been apropos for him to look into the camera and say, 'Don’t you just hate it when you waste money on really stupid movies with cheesy special effects?'

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
01/01/00
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

The words 'so bad it's good' strain to make themselves heard through the film's coarse bluster and grimy din.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
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Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday

Battlefield Earth is a shrill, hollow and unintelligible movie with no redeeming value whatsoever.

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01/01/00
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

A disaster of epic proportions.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
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The movie is so outrageously, spectacularly, unbelievably bad that we stare at it with some sort of appalled curiosity. It fails on so many levels that it's fascinating, although not so much that I'd sit through it again.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment Comment
01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Remarkable mainly for rendering the prospect of human extinction inconsequential.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/01/00
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice

Don't see this movie.

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01/01/00
J. Rentilly
J. Rentilly
TNT's Rough Cut

Now that it's finally on the screen, we discover that the science-fiction epic Travolta considered a Holy Grail is silly junk.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Looking back on this film, I can't find anything nice to say about it.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Didn't anyone stand up at a production meeting to say that the script is idiotic? That the movie steals unashamedly from countless other sci-fi movies?

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Battlefield Earth begins as retro pulp and ends up, figuratively speaking, as tons of wet cardboard.

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01/01/00
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe

Despite starting off like a bad Star Trek episode, this film eventually graduates to a higher level.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment 9 Comments
01/01/00
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Sitting through the summer's first monolithic monstrosity, Battlefield Earth, was one of the most painfully excruciating experiences of my life.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

At about the one hour mark, a portion of the audience split the scene and I don't blame them. They were fed-up with being taken for complete and utter morons.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
John Paul Powell
John Paul Powell
Jam! Movies

to make matters worse, Earth only covers half of Hubbard’s 1,000-plus page novel. The filmmakers plan on releasing a sequel in two years.

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Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

This third-rate B-movie is predictable and silly in the extreme.

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Jonathan Lewis
Jonathan Lewis
Gay Chicago Magazine
 
 
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