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Battlefield Earth

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Battlefield Earth (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 116

Fresh: 3

Rotten:113

Average Rating: 2.3/10

Consensus: There are few, if any, redeeming qualities for Battlefield Earth. Critics are singing a near-unanimous rotten song.

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. A millennium ago, vicious Psychlo aliens swept down from the skies and wiped out Earth’s entire defense force in nine minutes.... In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. A millennium ago, vicious Psychlo aliens swept down from the skies and wiped out Earth’s entire defense force in nine minutes. Now, the handfuls of surviving humans are either used as slaves, stripping the mineral resources from the planet for use by the Psychlo race, or hiding out in remote mountain villages, primitive and cut off from the rest of humanity.

One of the most powerful figures on this new Earth is Psychlo Chief of Security Terl (JOHN TRAVOLTA), a brilliant and monstrous alien who believes he was destined to conquer galaxies.

What he does not know is that one human, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler (BARRY PEPPER), is about to put a kink in his plan to exploit Earth’s human slaves for his own personal gain. A hunter who sets out to make life better for his people, Jonnie is captured and made to work as a slave in one of the Psychlos’ mines. It is here that his journey really begins – a grand adventure that will lead him to discover places and things he never knew existed.

Terl holds every advantage, with the massive strength of invincible Psychlo machinery and the vast Psychlo empire behind him. Jonnie is an insignificant animal to Terl, but he is about to turn the tables, and unleash his unfailing hope in a final showdown for the future of Earth. [More]

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

Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Sabine Karsenti, Richard Tyson, Kelly Preston, Michael Byrne, Jim Meskimen, Christian Tessier

Director: Roger Christian

Director: Roger Christian
Screenwriter: Corey Mandell
Producer: Jonathan D. Krane, Elie Samaha, John Travolta
Composer: Elia Cmiral

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Jan 16, 2001

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Roger Christian - Director, Patrick Tatopoulos - Designer
  • Featurette - 1. EVOLUTION AND CREATION
  • 2. CREATIVE VISUAL EFFECTS
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  • Behind-the-Scenes - 1. John Travolta Makeup Test

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08/07/08
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review
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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.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
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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
01/06/07
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.

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04/06/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com
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Place it next to The Omega Code and The Omega Code shines.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
02/09/06
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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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 Comment
01/26/06
Nigel Floyd
Time Out
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John Travolta will forever be haunted by this sci-fi travesty based on L. Ron Hubbard's novel.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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Blame this mess on Travolta.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
06/23/04
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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Robin did not review "Battlefield Earth"

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/11/04
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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Scientologist or not, this is as inane as summer blockbusters get.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
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If this is what we have to look forward to in the year 3000, count me out.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly
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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
03/20/03
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
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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
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online
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AAAAAAAAGHHHH! MY EYES! IT BURNS! IT BURNS!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Ron Wells
Film Threat
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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
12/02/02
Kim Newman
Sight and Sound
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Just too absurd to pay full price to see in a theater.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
10/11/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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It's as if Travolta wanted to destroy his career again just to see if he could stage another comeback.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
06/18/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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finds (Travolta) wobbling around in the highest platform shoes since Elton John and sporting bizarre dreadlocks... the oddest vanity production imaginable, one in which the main attraction is nearly impossible to recognize.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
06/10/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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Utterly inane and innocuous in the most harmless, uninteresting way -- the fruit of an overrated star’s overblown ego, recklessly indulged by studio excess.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine
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O diretor Roger Christian acredita que 'ter estilo' é simplesmente inclinar sua câmera o tempo todo.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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