Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers (WGA):

Corey Mandell (screenplay) and
J.D. Shapiro (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare For Battle

Plot:

After enslavement & near extermination by an alien race in the year 3000, humanity begins to fight back.

Plot Keywords:

Villain Played By Lead Actor | Box Office Failure | Box Office Flop | Critically Bashed | Teleportation

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

John Travolta	...	Terl
Barry Pepper	...	Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Forest Whitaker	...	Ker
Kim Coates	...	Carlo
Sabine Karsenti	...	Chrissy
Michael Byrne	...	Parson Staffer
Christian Tessier	...	Mickey
Sylvain Landry	...	Sammy
Richard Tyson	...	Robert the Fox
Christopher Freeman	...	Processing Clerk
John Topor	...	Processing Clerk
Shaun Austin-Olsen	...	Planetship
Tim Post	...	Psychlo Guard
Earl Pastko	...	Bartender
Michel Perron	...	Rock

Also Known As:

Battlefield Earth (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi action.

Runtime:

118 min | South Korea:95 min | USA:119 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Finland:K-12 (2000) (theatrical) | Finland:K-15 (2001) (DVD) (revised version) | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Africa:10V | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37411) | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Battlefield Productions LLC

Trivia:

The film covers only the first half of the L. Ron Hubbard book.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Much is made of the alleged inability of "Man-Animals" to mine, yet there is a scene in which many of them are seen operating a forge, which requires know-how exceeding the simple act of digging for gold.

Quotes:

Terl: Stupid humans.

Movie Connections:

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worst film i ever saw

the friend who lent me the DVD warned me, but it beat all my expectations of lowliness. this film is unspeakably bad. don't go and see it, take my word for it:

* it has no plot.

* the 'actors' suck huge rocks. really huge.

* travolta doesn't even try.

* the most elaborate dialog revolves around the sentence 'grumble mumble'.

* special effects are the worst ever, because they pretend to be serious.

* costumes and characterization make space: 1999 look excellent

i could go on and on and on, but i'm beginning to feel sick just for having to think about it.