Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 12, 2000

2.0	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 327 Ratings

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LeifOct 5, 2013

A bizarre ugly film with bizarre ugly characters. The ridiculousness of the story and the fact we have never seen anything like this weird mash-up of alien finance, blackmail, and uninspired Planet of The Apes derivative keeps it oddlyA bizarre ugly film with bizarre ugly characters. The ridiculousness of the story and the fact we have never seen anything like this weird mash-up of alien finance, blackmail, and uninspired Planet of The Apes derivative keeps it oddly entertaining. Travolta overacts to an obscene amount and stumbles around in a strange but intriguing moon boots and dreadlocks combo and makes the film watchable for his odd performance that certainly doesn't lack in conviction, he wants to do this movie and that adds to it even though it is messy schlock poorly directed by Roger Christian who never met a color filter he didn't like.… Expand

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python2000Sep 10, 2013

Perhaps not as bad as most make it out to be. But still a bad film. Battlefield Earth fails at keeping the viewer entertained because of it's run time which is 30 minutes too long. It fails at building up suspense and tension, when thePerhaps not as bad as most make it out to be. But still a bad film. Battlefield Earth fails at keeping the viewer entertained because of it's run time which is 30 minutes too long. It fails at building up suspense and tension, when the characters were in danger I wanted them to die. It fails at being an acceptable science fiction movie because of it's bad special effects. The only thing it doesn't fail at is having a good portrayal of Terl. John Travolta (surprisingly) is the best thing about the movie and delivers a good performance. Overall Battlefield Earth is a stupid Star Wars wannabe which doesn't seem to have any plot.… Expand

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georgeNov 4, 2008

After all the brutal reviews I expected BE to be the next Plan 9 on a big budget. Derivative, absolutely - and that's really its worst problem: for all the money and hoopla it looks and sounds like every other sci-fi schlocker, right After all the brutal reviews I expected BE to be the next Plan 9 on a big budget. Derivative, absolutely - and that's really its worst problem: for all the money and hoopla it looks and sounds like every other sci-fi schlocker, right down to the lighting, sound fx, etc; Travolta should never have cast himself in the lead - he's TRAVOLTA, and you can't get past that; at least duds like DUNE tried to create something visually unique. But hey, I've also defended ISHTAR - another movie undeserving of such universal derision; bad? Yep; the WORST? Not even close; if you're looking for TRUE PAIN then test yourself with Roberto B's PINOCCHIO.… Expand

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DetoxE.Apr 6, 2009

I have watched this movie several times. I enjoyed watching it. The Alien race is very interesting. The whole movie is somewhat different from the normal Hollywood output. May be not better but at least different! So it is not a very good I have watched this movie several times. I enjoyed watching it. The Alien race is very interesting. The whole movie is somewhat different from the normal Hollywood output. May be not better but at least different! So it is not a very good movie but it is worth watching if one likes the genre.… Expand

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TitaniumDragonJul 21, 2009

This movie IS terrible, but it crosses the line from "its awful" to "its so bad its good". It is completely ridiculous, but it is actually quite watchable so long as you laugh at it. There are definitely, definitely worse movies.

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RickB.Sep 17, 2005

Not all bad just alittle not very good. I will say i have seen worse.

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JBAug 11, 2006

A generic sci-fi action flick that honestly isn't worth the cost of admission. It's not nearly as bad as some of the other films at this rating level though.

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WWABTT123Sep 8, 2010

Before I watched this, I thought it would be good for the audiences around the world but when i watched it, I feel disappointed for this movie and also wasted my money for watching this crap

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MattMintageJul 26, 2011

You know what, even with the crummy camera-angles and John Travolta as an intergalactic space commander...thing...it wasn't bad to look at it's colorful scenes and comfy science-fiction action. But still...it is an interesting film that evenYou know what, even with the crummy camera-angles and John Travolta as an intergalactic space commander...thing...it wasn't bad to look at it's colorful scenes and comfy science-fiction action. But still...it is an interesting film that even though is said to be the worst, will still have people talking eons to come.… Expand

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13freedom13Jan 6, 2020

this is an awesome movie i can't understand why people don't like this it takes place in the 3000 for crying out loud

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BrainbusterAug 8, 2017

This is a terrible movie, but it has a satisfying ending.
John Travolta's acting was, as usual, awful. You expect a powerful voice to come out of that enormous face, and especially when he's on stilts as he is in BE. However, Travolta has aThis is a terrible movie, but it has a satisfying ending.
John Travolta's acting was, as usual, awful. You expect a powerful voice to come out of that enormous face, and especially when he's on stilts as he is in BE. However, Travolta has a brittle, high-pitched, shaky voice. It's no good for an actor.
Especially for the main character (and I feel he was the main character).

The story was good, but the transitions from one scene to the next were the worst I've seen from any movie. It reminded me of a 60's TV sit-com show, like I Love Lucy.

The special effects were not the worst I've ever seen, but they were not good.

The main good guy has the perfect face for an actor, and he does a great job.
His lover girl is also good in the movie.

Forrest Whitaker did a good job, except for the evil laughing.
Most of the other actors were pretty bad. Some of them were god-awful.
I think especially of the pilot in the jet who saw his buddy get shot down, and he yelled, "Nooo!!" It was terrible acting, like he was trying to keep his voice down so as not to wake the people in the neighboring studio.
There were a couple other scenes like that with terrible acting.

I bet it would've been a better film if they got a better actor instead of Travolta.… Expand

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Onlyclassicvg1Aug 13, 2023

Extremely underrated and overlooked.I think the main complaint of the Movie is that the Movie is based off A work from L. Ron Hubbard who invented Scientology and John Travolta being A Scientologist starring in the Movie.The Acting wasExtremely underrated and overlooked.I think the main complaint of the Movie is that the Movie is based off A work from L. Ron Hubbard who invented Scientology and John Travolta being A Scientologist starring in the Movie.The Acting was nothing special,but was fine.The story is actually… Expand

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