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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for intense sci-fi action
Starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forrest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Michael Byrne, Christian Tessier, and Sylvain Landry
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.
| GENRE(S): | Sci-fi |
| WRITTEN BY: |
L. Ron Hubbard (novel)
Corey Mandell J. David Shapiro |
| DIRECTED BY: | Roger Christian |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 16, 2001 Video: January 16, 2001 Theatrical: May 12, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 121 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 2.5 (out of 10) based on 96 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
george gave it a5:
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.
kid block gave it a0:
Geez why people give this a higher rating which means they should be put into a mental institution if they like this film. Cause this movie sucks as hell because if poor plot and poor effects in this film.
Ben E. gave it a1:
This is possibly the worst movie ever made, but perhaps slightly better than Ben & Arthur.
John D. gave it a0:
Not one character was appealing. I enjoy science fiction a great deal but this reminds me why 99% of the time the movies are never done correctly or are able to be funded. Any made for tv movie would have been much better because at least you could blame a lack of funding, but this fails on such a large scale that its imeasurable. Never thought Id ever feel sorry for an actor before but Travolta this was just sad. Its his own fault though.
Stephen C. gave it a2:
Better than I thought it was going to be and I can still only give it a 2. It's shamelessly pandering to the same people that Scientology does, the not so smart segment of the population. Besides being a not very good sci-fi story in the first place it is also a bad adaptation of a bad story that is badly acted and badly directed. The best thing I can say is some of the acting is so bad it's laughable, especially Mr. Travolta.
Anon gave it a0:
The most clichéd science fiction piece I have ever witnessed. Absolutely terribly written and the acting inspired no emotional reaction.
David D. gave it a10:
Best bilingual scifi movie of all time In a country where bilingual English/Spanish signage is scoffed at by the illiterate provincial masses, I don't expect a movie as brilliantly bilingual as BattleField Earth to have been embraced. Just as I am ahead of my times for my ability to speak Chinese, so BattleField Earth is ahead of its time in presenting the inhabitants of Psyclo as non-native English speakers who need to tech their enemy their language before they can communicate with him. That aspect was misunderstood by the uni-lingual American masses. In a world where only 7% of the people speak English as their native language, I find it insulting to see SciFi movies where Romulans and Naboo-ians speak perfect English. The "cultural elite" often praise themselves on watching foreign films with subtitles, yet the same people scoff at the best bilingual scifi movie of all times - BattleField Earth. BattleField Earth gets 2 thumbs up from this critic.
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