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Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 Image
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Metascore
9 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 33 Critics What's this?

User Score
2.5 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 145 Ratings

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  • Starring: Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, John Travolta
  • Summary: In the year 3000, after the alien Psychlos conquer Earth, killing most of the humans so that they can strip the Earth of its resources, one man comes out of hiding in search of other surviving humans and hoping to overthrow the aliens.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 29 out of 33
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Cody Clark
    53
    It's a lock to pile up the honors during Hollywood's annual awards season next spring (at the Golden Raspberries and the MTV Movie Awards).
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    38
    So heavy and lifeless that you keep waiting for those three little front-row kibitzers from "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" to appear at the bottom of the screen to start goofing on it.
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Andy Seiler
    38
    The script, based on a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is deeply dumb, depressingly derivative (ripping off "Planet of the Apes" the most) and just plain nonsense.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 80
  3. Negative: 58 out of 80
  1. alex__2
    10
    The movie has a good setting and a very good story but as with comic book and game movies this movie suffers from human mistakes and suffers from them i will give this movie a 10/10 because this movie is very fun to watch and very funny!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. george
    5
    After all the brutal reviews I expected BE to be the next Plan 9 on a big budget. Derivative, absolutely - and that's really its worst problem: for all the money and hoopla it looks and sounds like every other sci-fi schlocker, right down to the lighting, sound fx, etc; Travolta should never have cast himself in the lead - he's TRAVOLTA, and you can't get past that; at least duds like DUNE tried to create something visually unique. But hey, I've also defended ISHTAR - another movie undeserving of such universal derision; bad? Yep; the WORST? Not even close; if you're looking for TRUE PAIN then test yourself with Roberto B's PINOCCHIO.… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  3. Soulman
    3
    Well... the film is bad. BUT it is not that bad then I thought after reading all the critics. Or maybe it's only not so bad because it is some sort of fun to see such a bad film. I had a good time!… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes

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