Battlefield Earth

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Battlefield Earth

PG-13

2000

1h 57m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

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In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. As the leader of the evil Psychlos, Terl and his race have taken over the world's natural resources and disregarded everyone and everything else. It's up to Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, a brave human, to battle the Psychlos and restore normalcy to the world.

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Critics Consensus

Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad sci-fi folly.

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Jun 3, 2015

Appalling.

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Apr 30, 2014

Logic is in short supply. Burned-out cities have electricity, for example. My favorite: A hangar full of jets, buried under 1,000 years of dust, not only fire up instantly but still have full tanks of gas.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Apr 30, 2014

Not awful, but pretty bad. A third-string Planet of the Apes meets Star Trek, Battlefield Earth is a largely uninspiring sci-fi adventure with a Swiss-cheese plot.

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

Feb 15, 2021

1/5

It remains, genuinely, the worst film produced this century, as of 2020, and it is hard to imagine anything taking its crown any time soon.

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Brian Gill

Mad About Movies Podcast

Sep 2, 2020

F

Lives up to the hype. This is the worst movie ever made.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Jun 24, 2020

1/5

Nothing so entertaining, albeit in none of the right ways, should scrape WOAT status. It's not even one of the 10 worst films from 2000, a distressingly dunderheaded year for movies in general after one of the best ever.

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Noah M

@RT33517502 2 days ago

The worst big-budget movie I've ever seen, but it could be worse. Terrible acting, weird tilted-camera scenes (they were intentional, but they don't work at all). Absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical plot. Unpleasant to watch at times. There are a few scenes that are hilariously bad, but a lot of it just hurts to watch.

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Matt L

@Mattatat 3 days ago

Don't listen to the pretentious critics or the miserable people jumping on the bandwagon who can't enjoy anything in life. This movie is a must watch at least 1 time and make up your own mind. I personally really like this movie and have rewatched it several times over the years. It's definitely entertaining and I'm convinced this movie would have gotten much better ratings if it weren't for the losers who gave this movie bad reviews right when it came out so everyone just followed along like sheep instead of making up their own minds. I remember the first time I rented it from blockbuster, my dad was going to stop ke and said "let's not get it, the critics gave it really bad reviews" but thankfully I dont just follow what pretentious critics say and I ended up loving it. Ignoring critics has always worked fantastic for me, you'll find so much more enjoyable media and "hidden" gems that are buried under a pile of "professional" bad reviews.

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PABLO CESAR F

@RT92142743 Oct 11, 2026

One of the worst movies ever made

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Fernando P

@RT07336354 Sep 18, 2026

I feel bad giving it half a star. The less you pay attention the better. If forced to watch try dissociating.

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R T

@Mexicanbartman1998 Sep 12, 2026

The worst atrocity of the seventh art in 21 centhury and one of the worst trash of all history, the perfomance, the dutch angles, the color pallete, the direction and screenplay are all a disaster

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 3, 2026

This has got to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen!

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Synopsis

In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. As the leader of the evil Psychlos, Terl and his race have taken over the world's natural resources and disregarded everyone and everything else. It's up to Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, a brave human, to battle the Psychlos and restore normalcy to the world.

Director: Roger Christian
Producer: Jonathan D. Krane, Elie Samaha, John Travolta
Screenwriter: L. Ron Hubbard, Corey Mandell, J.D. Shapiro
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Battlefield Productions LLC, JTP Films, Morgan Creek Productions, Franchise Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Sci-Fi Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.5M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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