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Stargate (1994)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:17

Rotten:20

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (James Spader) uncovers an ancient... In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (James Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government troops (led by Kurt Russell). The downtrodden populace they encounter, ruled by godlike, androgynous King Ra (Jaye Davidson, in his first role after becoming a star in THE CRYING GAME), must be led to literacy and freedom; Ra must be defeated; the intellectual must find his machismo; and our boys must return to Earth. [More]

Starring: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors

Starring: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital, John Diehl, Leon Rippy, Alexis Cruz, French Stewart, Djimon Hounsou

Director: Roland Emmerich

Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenwriter: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
Producer: Dean Devlin, Oliver Eberle, Mario Kassar, Joel B. Michaels
Composer: David Arnold

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Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Has matured wonderfully, sustaining as a curious genre exercise in blockbuster yearn marked by surprising buoyancy, madly entertaining performances, and a fertile cinematic imagination behind the camera not yet corrupted by massive box office success.

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11/02/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Still, this is a decent little diversion, the kind of pure popcorn fodder that would find a far more ballsy form when Will Smith took on city-sized flying saucers in Independence Day.

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05/20/03
Shellie Iliff
Shellie Iliff
Palo Alto Weekly

The main problem with Stargate is not with set-up, but with execution. After a while you feel like you're just watching weird people staggering around a desert.

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03/18/03
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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A load of outer space codswallop!

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02/12/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
 
 
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