MPAA Rated – PG-13
It’s 1:57 Long
A Review by:
– The Dude on the Right
| Battlefield Earth Movie Stats & Links |
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| Starring: | John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker |
| MPAA Rated: | PG-13 |
| Released By: | Warner Bros. |
| Kiddie Movie: | They might like it, but I doubt it. |
| Date Movie: | Only if you want to break up with them. |
| Gratuitous Sex: | Nope. |
| Gratuitous Violence: | Lots of shooting of funky lasers, but it ends up lame. |
| Action: | Some chase scenes. |
| Laughs: | The movie. |
| Memorable Scene: | None. |
| Memorable Quote: | None. |
| Directed By: | Roger Christian |
This review will be short. Why? Because I don’t want to waste your time the way the movie “Battlefield Earth” wasted mine. I can usually find some good in a movie, maybe a song, maybe some quality violence, maybe some nudity, maybe a good line. But “Battlefield Earth” had none. Sure, somebody out there might like it, but it sure as hell wasn’t me.
Story wrap up: It’s 1000 years from now, the earth has been taken over by aliens, some people are living like American Indians (the resurrection of the tee-pee) on the run, a dude goes to see the world, stumbles across a miniature golf course and a mall (good to see they held up so well), gets captured, and decides he can save the world. Also, a bad dude alien is pissed because he got caught sleeping with the bosses daughter so the boss won’t let him come back to the home planet, so the bad dude decides to use humans to steal some gold. He teaches our hero the alien language, how to fly, and lets this human learn some world history. Hero rounds up some other people, they all learn how to fight, fly, and a bad cliché “Piece of cake” which I found odd since I’m thinking cake has long since become a memory. They save the world, but leave the door open for the sequel. God I hope not.
The story isn’t that bad, maybe the book isn’t that bad, but the movie is. You get two hours of bad dialogue, pretty cheesy effects, screen swipes that can be done better by 95% of movie students, lots of things that make no sense in any real world, and camera shots that look like the cameraman had one leg shorter than the other (just about every shot/scene was tilted at an angle, I’m sure for some dramatic effect, but it just gave me a stiff neck).
Don’t waste your money at the theater, don’t wait for the video, don’t worry if you don’t have HBO or Showtime when it comes to cable, and read a book when it comes to regular TV. I wasted my time on this one so you don’t have to. Zero stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!