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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
Reviews for Stargate
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.
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.
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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