John Travolta,
Barry Pepper,
Forest Whitaker,
Kim Coates,
Richard Tyson
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This big-budget science fiction adventure centers on a final battle between good and evil for control of the world. In the year 3000, Earth is ruled by the Psyclos, a vicious alien race of which Terl ... read more
Directed by: Roger Christian
Release Date: May 12, 2000
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Battlefield Earth
DVD Release Date: January 16, 2001
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December 4, 2011fb7018436It's difficult to describe how bad this movie is. It's one of those movies that's so bad it deserves to be classified as a comedy.
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August 23, 2011Well la dee dah. What do we have here? Oh yeah, one of the worst movies ever made. Terrible script, beyond awful acting, absolutely no logic, pitiful lighting, ugly sets. I truly believe that there are only about 50 or 60 people who even found this one tolerable. It may very well... read more
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July 25, 2011fb619846742An ugly, unpleasant viewing experience worsened by horrendous acting and terrible sets, this serves as the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" movie of our time, as a horribly misguided sci-fi epic. What makes this all the more depressing is that a good cast is hurt by horrific dialogue an... read more
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April 21, 2011Possibly one of the worst films to ever be made. Travolta has lost all credibility. A person doesnt have to be a critic to tell what went wrong. The plot had so much holes and crsp it was kinda funny. God how I despise this movie.
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October 5, 2010Everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. The film is either tedious or boring at best. All of the dutch angles clearly points to a cinematographer with a peg leg.
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July 14, 2010Based on the Church of Scientology founder book, Battlefield Earth is coherent mess of a film. The film is painful to watch, with bad acting, dialogue and stupid storyline. This one of the worst films I have ever seen, not because it's related to Scientology, but because the film... read more
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June 5, 2010Bad movies don't come any finer than this. In the tradition of Waterworld, this presents a world that is both uninteresting and too wacky. Maybe if it didn't take itself serious I could find some respect in there, but this is dead serious. The acting is horrendous and almost scar... read more
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January 22, 2010fb733768972This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen! The plot is lacky all over, the acting is horrible, the effects are extremely cheesy, and the dialogue is so laughable that I sort of like it! The only good thing to credit this movie with is the 1 minute that John Travolta takes... read more
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December 31, 2008This really ISN'T as bad as everyone makes it out to be. I can think of 100 worst movies to waste your time with. Barry Pepper is completely underrated; however, John Travolta is a really strange alien....
Critic Reviews
March 26, 2009
Dennis Harvey, Variety
January 6, 2007
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
This 117-minute adaptation of an 800-page SF adventure for teenagers seems like a miscalculation on multiple levels. Full Review
March 19, 2002
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
[It looks like] Klingons having a bad hair day. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
A truly dire and silly rehash of Planet of the Apes.
January 1, 2000
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Battlefield Earth is as relentlessly grim as it is artless, and Elia Cmiral's bombastic score also makes it painful to listen to. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
And after about 20 minutes of this amateurish picture, extinction doesn't seem like such a bad idea. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
If you're the kind of sci-fi fanatic who has to see every new futuristic action movie no matter how crummy it is then of course you'll check out Battlefield Earth regardless of how many cheap jokes cr... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The first few moments of the film evoke heroism and noble struggle. After that, it's Grade A drivel. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Battlefield Earth saves its scariest moment for the end: a virtual guarantee that there will be a sequel. Full Review
January 1, 2000
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Remarkable mainly for rendering the prospect of human extinction inconsequential. Full Review
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