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  • Battlefield Earth
  • Opened May 10, 2000 | Runtime:2 hr 10 min
  • PG-13
    sci-fi violence
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 12+. Read More
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson
  • Director: Roger Christian
  • Genres: Sci-Fi Action, Alien Film, Science Fiction

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Battlefield Earth Recent Fan Reviews

  • Oh No!

    One of the Worst Movies Ever

    Saw it years ago when it was first released. Walked out and got free tickets to another flick because the staff felt and saw our pain! Dark, long, boring and preachy!

  • Oh No!

    Possibly the worst movie I ever saw.

    Just to clarify, I never saw this in the theater. One of my good friends is a comedian, and will occasionally rent a bad movie to spoof it live for our benefit. (And to keep himself sharp.) It's generally a hilarious experience.

    He was utterly blown away by how bad this movie was. He apologized to us for making us sit through this.

    I paid absolutely nothing to see this movie, but to this day, I have yet to recall two hours that I have felt I wasted so totally.

    DO NOT see this movie - it's not even worth the morbid curiosity you might have.

  • Oh No!

    worst scifi film I have ever seen

    this movie was terrible, this movie is filled with plot holes, bad writing, bad direction, horrible effects, cardboard characters, john travolta overacts through the entire movie, and the movie has nothing to do with scientology even though the book and its creator L Ron Hubard created scientology, plot holes include that an explosion on psychlo can destroy the entire planet and the psychlos are completely gun-happy, the psychlos get defeated by a group of humans from the caves and the psychlos defeated the entire world and took it over and not just earth but hundreds of other planets, john travolta teaches the humans or the " stupid mananimals" to fly their ship and teach them about the psychlos after barry pepper and the humans almost KILLED HIM, and that the humans are smart and intelligent still after a THOUSAND YEARS ( reminds me of the planet of the apes remake which also sucked ), so basically, battlefield earth is the worst scifi film ever made in my opinion.

Battlefield Earth Critic Reviews

Oh No! Avg. Critic Score 9 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Bob Graham

    Is it worth seeing once? Sure.

  • 38
    USA Today | Andy Seiler

    The script, based on a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is deeply...

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Just a lumbering, poorly photographed piece of derivative sci-fi drivel, full...

  • 20
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    Yet the overall look, though derivative ("The Matrix," "Blade Runner,"...

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