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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.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sci-fi action

Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.

Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Theatrical Release: May 12, 2000 Wide

Synopsis: When an alien race called the Psyclos turns the Earth into a mining colony, it's up to rebel hero, Johnny Goodboy, to lead a revolt and save the... When an alien race called the Psyclos turns the Earth into a mining colony, it's up to rebel hero, Johnny Goodboy, to lead a revolt and save the planet from the giant alien species. [More]

Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates

Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, Sabine Karsenti, Michael MacRae, Michael Byrne, Sean Hewitt (II), Michel Perron, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Christian Tessier, Marie-Josée Croze, Kelly Preston, Jim Meskimen, Christopher Freeman, Earl Pastko, John Topor, Sylvain Landry, Tim Post

Director: Roger Christian

Director: Roger Christian
Screenwriter: Corey Mandel , J D Shapiro , Corey Mandell
Producer: Jonathan D Krane , John Travolta , Elie Samaha
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

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There's really only one way to summarize my sheer hatred for what is possibly one of the worst movies I've ever seen. And it's through a list.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
Apr 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

"Battlefield Earth," based on a crappy 1982 sci-fi novel by cult religion dips#*t L. Ron Hubbard, is so inept and pathetic that it should forever end any questions about the validity of Hubbard's manufactured religion of Scientology.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment 3 Comments
Apr 12, 2009
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Pretty much the Showgirls of sci-fi shoot-'em-ups.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 1 Comment
Mar 26, 2009
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Mar 10, 2009
Steve Ryfle
Steve Ryfle
Hollywood.com

If you are looking for something to hate and despise, get thee to this movie.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review

A folly so supreme that it occasionally inspires awe, in the sense that so many people spent so much time and money on it without ever realizing how awful it is.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

This 117-minute adaptation of an 800-page SF adventure for teenagers seems like a miscalculation on multiple levels.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Jan 6, 2007
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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Watching Battlefield Earth is to a movie-watching experience what having a yeast infection is to having sex.

Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com | comment Comment
Apr 6, 2006
Mark Bourne
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

Place it next to The Omega Code and The Omega Code shines.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
Feb 9, 2006
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Travolta, it seems, had wanted to star in a film of Battlefield Earth since first reading the novel in 1982. Only the all-seeing L Ron knows why.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 2 Comments
Jan 26, 2006
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

John Travolta will forever be haunted by this sci-fi travesty based on L. Ron Hubbard's novel.

comment 1 Comment
Oct 25, 2004
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Blame this mess on Travolta.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
Jun 23, 2004
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Robin did not review "Battlefield Earth"

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
Jun 11, 2004
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Scientologist or not, this is as inane as summer blockbusters get.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
May 22, 2003
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

If this is what we have to look forward to in the year 3000, count me out.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment 1 Comment
May 14, 2003
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

The sets are laughably cheap, and the aliens look like geeks from a Star Trek convention who couldn't afford to buy the "good" Klingon costumes

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Mar 20, 2003
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

This film maintains a surprising consistency of bad acting and directing almost from the first frame to the last.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
Feb 8, 2003
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

AAAAAAAAGHHHH! MY EYES! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment 1 Comment
Dec 8, 2002
Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat

It doesn't help that the film's premise, which sees stoneage cavemen turn into ace fighter pilots with only a week's training, is as naive as that of the 1939 serial Buck Rogers.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
Dec 2, 2002
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Sight and Sound

Just too absurd to pay full price to see in a theater.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
Oct 11, 2002
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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March 28, 2010: Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Apologizes
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