- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 118 min
- Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
- Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates ... see all
- Director: Roger Christian
- Plot: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlo's, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the seductive and powerful Terl... Read more
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| Aug 01, 2008Boxoffice Magazine
All the fuss about John Travolta and Scientology notwithstanding, the most deplorable thing about "Battlefield Earth" is that it's a simply horrible movie.
What Terl and the rest of the Psychlos fail to take into account is the indefatigable human resolve that always seems to stir up some trouble-making 'savior' figure like Johnny Goodboy Tyler (Barry Pepper), a restless, freedom-loving youth who cons Terl into hooking him up to a 'learning machine' that miraculously fills his head with the sum total of al ... Full Review
| Jul 09, 2001eFilmCritic.com
it wasn't, it was just plain bad 6/18/03 Jack Bourbon One of the more fascinating movies of the year.....ludolecorse I found a fucking lovely film about what worst can be created troughout cinema 1/26/01 Serge U. The worst fucking movie in cinematic history.....Robbie I hate it when they vote this movie awesome 5/19/03 Jack Sommersby Pretty moronic, but at least Travolta & Whitaker establish a good, lively rapport.....Edfink Lombardo The worst film ever made.....The EVIL Penguin The worst movie of the year ... Full Review
| Jun 24, 2001eFilmCritic.com
It's a hilariously bad performance;....if it were MEANT to be funny, it would be brilliant.....notice how Barry Pepper screams "Noooooo!.... ... Full Review
| Feb 28, 2001eFilmCritic.com
There's an hilarious scene involving a puttputt park.....Look at a few scenes and you will see almost all shots are dutch-that is crooked.....The computer effects were nice..... ... Full Review
| May 15, 2000The Flick Filosopher
Battlefield Earth turns side-splittingly funny.....I was expecting bad, but Battlefield Earth far surpasses my wildest dreams of sci-fi turkeyness.....Here, houses still have brightly painted wooden shingles, power lines still droop nicely from utility poles.... ... Full Review
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