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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

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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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 Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star

Wooden acting, sappy melodrama and illogical plot lines.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

I hated this movie, and I had a great time doing it.

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01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

It's generic sci-fi right down to the last detail.

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Robert Horton
Robert Horton
Film.com

In the post-apocalyptic adventure genre, Battlefield Earth makes Waterworld look like a masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Robin Rauzi
Robin Rauzi
Los Angeles Times
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Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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John Travolta and Forest Whitaker do some Hollywood slumming in this tenement of a sci-fi thriller. (10-year-olds may enjoy.)

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01/01/00
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

It was a helluva comeback, John. Now go away.

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Scott A. Mantz
Scott A. Mantz
Scott Mantz' Movie Reviews

Christian has chosen ... the sneaky trick ... of making ... the film ... so ... plodding ... that you'll leave ... the theater ... wondering ... whether ... 1,000 years ... have ... passed ... since ... you ... went ... in.

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01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

It will no doubt take a place of honor in the proud pantheon of 'What Were They Thinking?' cinema, right alongside The Postman and Howard the Duck.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
culturevulture.net

The plot depends on the most ludicrous decisions and senseless actions ever made by a thinking race.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Even if you were to classify it as a guilty pleasure, it would be the kind of sullying guilt that makes people leap from heights.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
01/01/00
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Is it as bad as advertised? Oh yes, very much so.

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01/01/00
Shay Casey
Shay Casey
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In Battlefield Earth, it`s all flash for no reason.

Full Review Source: ESplatter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
ESplatter

Battlefield Earth is long and tedious.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

You don't watch it -- you survive it.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post

As for the allegation that this boring movie will recruit youth -- I doubt it!

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01/01/00
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A noisy, chaotic, sloppily edited and embarrassingly banal and derivative saga.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

The dialogue is inane, the acting wooden.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
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Ted Gideonse
Ted Gideonse
Newsweek

Battlefield Earth is dumb.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Tom Maurstad
Tom Maurstad
Dallas Morning News
 
 
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