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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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If you are the type of person who likes to watch traffic accidents, then this is for you.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
01/01/00
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

The only people this film could recruit are members of the rock band Kiss, who, with their high-heeled boots and face paint, might figure they've got a spot if this alien thing ever really came down.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Keith Simanton
Keith Simanton
Seattle Times

It's bombastic, chaotic, plodding, visually dreary and patchily written by first-timer Corey Mandell and JD Shapiro, who's too unimportant to rate mention in the press kit.

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01/01/00
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Big-budget, little-intelligence entertainment.

Full Review Source: Popcorn | comment Comment
01/01/00
Lisa Andrews
Lisa Andrews
Popcorn

A truly dire and silly rehash of Planet of the Apes.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

This is florid science fiction, low-brow but energetic, complete with cheesy thrills.

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01/01/00
Louis B. Parks
Louis B. Parks
Houston Chronicle

It's been a while since we've seen dumb entertainment this unpretentious, so why worry that it doesn't make a lick of sense?

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01/01/00
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

A pretty terrible film.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Movies this dreadful don't come along every day, and hugely expensive movies this wrong-headed, cliched and just plain stupid are rarer still.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
Film Journal International

While the look is cool -- like a tinted B&W film, all washes of green, blue, amber and red -- the story's broad strokes are painfully clichéd and its details make no sense at all.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/01/00
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

It's probably obvious by now that Battlefield Earth is far from cerebral or anything even remotely serious.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Fortier
Marc Fortier
Reel.com

Simply put, Battlefield Earth is the worst film I've seen in over 10 years, and believe me, that's saying a lot.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Though the vast majority of our civilization has not survived, it's good to know that most of our clichés are alive and well in the year 3000.

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01/01/00
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

They brought it into existence, this hellbeast of a movie, this monstrosity, this slap in the face of all that is good and right and beautiful and sweet and gentle. Oh, the humanity! Hide the children's eyes!

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01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Battlefield Earth simply asks too much and delivers too little.

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01/01/00
Matt Crenson
Matt Crenson
Associated Press

Battlefield Earth should be shown only at maximum-security prisons when a prisoner is tossed in solitary for bad behavior.

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01/01/00
Max Messier
Max Messier
Filmcritic.com

I cannot help but think that maybe [Travolta's] laughing that he was able to sucker people into pouring millions of dollars toward making such an unspeakable waste.

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01/01/00
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

The movie plays like an uglier, Earth-bound Star Wars, interrupted by frequent Psychlo temper tantrums.

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01/01/00
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

You might think it can’t be that bad because science fiction movies often have cheeseball dialogue and cardboard performances and as long as the special effects and explosions are good, it does not really matter. You would be wrong.

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01/01/00
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Battlefield Earth is just a lumbering, poorly photographed piece of derivative sci-fi drivel, full of grunting extras scampering around in animal pelts and more dank, trash-strewn sets than I ever care to see again.

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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
 
 
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