Battlefield Earth: A Saga Of The Year 3000 Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
Prepare For Battle
Take Back The Planet
Prepare to go Psychlo
On May 12, We Fight Back.
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 (Travolta), the Psychlo's are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state, believing the invaders to be demons and technology to be evil. After humanity has all but given up any hope of freeing themselves from alien oppression, a young man named Tyler (Pepper) decides to leave his desolate home high in the Rocky Mountains to discover the truth, whereupon he is captured and enslaved. It is then that he decides to fight back, leading his fellow man in one final struggle for freedom.
| 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/One-Eyed Guard/Teleportation Supervisor |
| Shaun Austin-Olsen | Planetship |
| Tim Post | Assistant Planetship/Psychlo Guard |
| Earl Pastko | Bartender |
| Michel Perron | Rock |
| Roger Christian |
2.30 out of 10 (22928 votes)
Visitor Reviews
I'VE READ THE BOOK. I SAW THE FILM FOUR TIMES.
posted on 10 Aug 2009Battlefield Earth is a very unique film. I consider myself a movie buff and I've never been so entertained by the intelligent making of a movie! I completely understand why Travolta called it the "Pulp Fiction of the Year 3000". There is so much to get out of this film and that's why I saw it four times. It's an intelligent person's film and so I also completely comprehend why the critics don't like it. They can't begin to understand it!! The direction of the photography was brilliant! There are so many scenes within scenes. And you really have to pay attention and follow the sequences. See it again and again and it only gets better and better! Once you conquer the sequences its a "piece of cake!" (A line from the movie). Travolta again has made movie history. His lines in this movie will rock down the ages as unforgettable. I'm already hearing them among those who have seen the movie and some who have only seen the trailers!! And the movie was true enough to L. Ron Hubbard's best-selling novel by the same title. I believe the sequel (or trilogy as it will most likely take 2 more movies to complete the awe inspiring second half of the book) will only be more exciting as the story unfolds into an unbelievable action packed adventure and final confrontation. Really the BATTLE has only just BEGUN!! Kudos to the entire cast, director, producers, and all who had anything to do with getting this movie made!! Thank-you!! You were a breath of fresh air in a sometimes smoggy and confused world!!
COMMENT SORTA CONTAINS SPOILERS. But trust me, it doesn't matter much.
posted on 10 Aug 2009I've read a lot of the comments, and a lot of people have mentioned the scenes that were so obviously stolen from other movies. But for me, there was one scene in particular that stood out as having been, let's say "inspired" by another film: the slow-motion shot where Johnnie is avoiding shots fired by the Psychlos, and is running through a hail of dirt and debris. Was I the only person who thought of The Matrix, and the scene in the lobby, with Neo and Trinity running in slow-mo with broken pieces of marble flying everywhere? That was one cool scene in The Matrix, and I suppose the people on Battlefield Earth felt the same.And another thing which I just HAVE to mention, even though many others already have, is the totally ludicrous "cavemen flying Harriers" thing. These cavemen have been without ANY kind of technology aside from "sticks and stones" technology, and yet they're able to learn how to, not only FLY these planes, but to DOGFIGHT with them, in one week's time! Okay, it takes a person more than a week's time to really learn how to drive a car well. An airplane -- I'm fairly certain -- is a little bit harder to learn than a car. Now, consider this as well: these aren't JUST airplanes, they're freakin' Harriers!! They can hover!! I would imagine that learning to fly and hover a Harrier would take quite a bit more time than learning to fly even a regular airplane! Now, I already have a headstart on these cavemen, because I can at least drive a car, and I at least have SOME understanding of basic airplane physics, and technologies. But if you were to tell me that I could teach myself to fly even the simplest airplane in a week's time, I'd tell you to lay off the booze, or whatever item you were smoking. There is no way in Hades that this makes sense, no matter how easily you can suspend your disbelief. I can let a lot of things go when I'm watching a movie, cause it's just a movie, but that was TOO much.There was one thing I enjoyed about the movie, though, and that was Sabine Karsenti as Chrissy. My compliments, and thanks to the casting department. Excellent work.
The evils that men do in the name of religion...
posted on 27 Jul 2009Ah, the atrocities spawned by overly-religious men: The Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, the 9/11 attacks, and last, but certainly not least, Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. John Travolta's Scientologist beliefs led him to create a crappy movie based on a (slightly less) crappy book. This could have been at least a decent schlock film, but Travolta had too much reverence for the source to let it get dragged down like that (for those who don't know, L. Ron Hubbard, the author of the novel this movie's based on, is the Scientologist equivalent to Jesus), so it just ends up being a hideously boring experience, and one I'd rather take a bullet to the brain than repeat. Hell, maybe the bullet can give me a frontal lobotomy, and then I might actually enjoy this crapfest.
Ooga Booga fly Harrier!
posted on 25 Jul 2009For the respect I hold for anything science fiction/fantasy, I couldn't bring my self to give this movie a 1 of 10. Any movie or films that attempts to portray a new world, and forge in new directions in such a conservative era has my respect. So I've respectfully given it a 2 of 10.On the flip side...oie, I had to restrain myself from walking out of the theatre. Given that I wasn't the one that drove to the theatre, the alternative for me was waiting outside in the cold. Once I stopped attempting to take the movie seriously, and hoping that it would pick up at some point, I felt a lot better. Personally, I don't feel that the director meant for the audience to fall out of their seat laughing when the band of good-guys show up near the end of the movie in their Harriers.I have to say that I'm a bit insulted that the movie suggested such an over-the-top arrogant race such as the Psychlos were able to take over earth. Especially since a handful ragtag cavemen were able to overthrow their whole settlement.I couldn't find myself caring too much for the 'hero' of this movie either.
Motivation that comes from where; his horse getting shot? The hero himself couldn't be more of a stereotype; never making a mistake and having seemingly endless reserves of charisma to command his followers.John Travolta, I cared more about what happened to him than the hero.
Travolta is a good actor, and will portray any role that he is given well; and that isn't to say that he did a smash job of acting in this film. I don't recommend this film. I haven't read the book, but from the other comments I've read from the people that have read the book, it is worlds above the movie.
So awful it descends into hilarity - a great comedy!
posted on 25 Jul 2009I honestly expected to see "Comedy" listed as one of this movie's genres. Surely, after seeing this, I wasn't meant to take the movie seriously? Apparently I was. Which is the final chuckle!At 2.3/10, this movie is ranked somewhat low...And, as a movie, it deserves lower. It's dreadful! Plot? Well, I'm used to Hollywood driving around plot holes, but this movie is so full of them it resembles a sieve that's been riddled with bullets. There's no point in even trying to justify the many many flaws of the story without descending into the realm of headaches. Suffice to say the plot is about liberating man from aliens, who've repressed them for years. Blah. Who cares really? It makes no sense. The script also comes with some fine one liners, so full of cheese and ham you could feed a country. They're so mind numbingly awful - they even have evil laughs - that they border on the right-out hilarious. You think they *have* to be taking the mickey, they can't possibly expect us to swallow that.The acting? It's nice to see that the two leads - John Travolta and Barry Pepper - had their dreadful work recognised here with Golden Razzie awards. Travolta again provides laughs as he camps it up as the evil overlord Terl. Pepper races around the place trying to look stern, as the earthman hero, and commanding but looks, instead, constipated half the time. It's awful all round, but again so bad you can't help but laugh.However it's the direction by Roger Christian which really makes "Battlefield Earth" a classic. I'm not quite sure where they got him from, but they should send him back to class...there's an incredible over-use of cameras tilted at 45 degree angles - for NO reason. Action shots are done in laughably weak slow motion or incredibly confusing cuts - does Christian even know the concept of where to place your camera? Lighting is generally cranked up to become annoyingly monochrome at times - is there a need for this?! It's done so poorly you would think a 12 year old was the helm. There is not one iota of goodness about the dreadful direction - and again it's so awful that I spent a fair amount of the movie laughing at Christian and wondering how he got the job. I eventually had to persuade myself that he's making an ironic statement about directing or something....Bad in every single area, "Battlefield Earth" should be watched once to see how bloody awful a movie can be. From a camp, hilarity point of view you may gain something from it, and it's certainly a great precursor to any other movie because that movie will, in comparison, be inevitably all that much better. For the sheer gall of this flick being made, I'd give it 3/10, but as it's utter tripe I'd give it 0.5/10 (the .5 because I got to laugh at it).
It's bad. Oh man it's bad.
posted on 21 Jul 2009If you were alive in the year 2000, you probably remember the anguished screams of moviegoers all over the world upon the release of this cinematic abomination.You've probably heard people say things like "It's the worst film ever. No, forget 'The Phantom Menace' - this one's even worse!" and "It tastes like burning!" and stuff, which may lead you to wonder: Is 'Battlefield Earth' really as bad as all that? Is it really such an abhorrent pile of horse crap? The answer to that is yes. Yes it is."But" I hear you say "The special effects are OK. It has action and stuff, and I know John Travolta is way up himself, but he can act, can't he?" Now, I ought to make it clear that what you see on the screen at any given time is never that bad. The acting is passable, as are the special effects, as are the sets.The atrocities committed in 'Battlefield Earth' come from behind the camera.The directing is nothing short of abysmal. So much so that I honestly don't know where to start. Combining yawn-o-matic cliché with pioneering new innovations in crapness, you will be lucky not to pinch a nerve in your neck as you constantly adjust to the fact that almost every shot is taken at a tilt. Slow-motion is overemployed in the action scenes to ensure that you definitely know that you are seeing something very dramatic. Wipe transitions take far longer than God, or indeed Satan ever intended.On to the story. Nothing makes sense. There are plot holes here that you could drive a lorry through. However, I won't go in to details because these are best discovered as you watch.Indeed, the story was so bad that I actually found myself pitying the cast. There was Barry Pepper (Jonnie) acting his socks off, taking it all terribly seriously, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the script was irredeemable. Seriously, the dialogue was so hilariously unnatural that I must toff my hat to him and the rest of the cast for not collapsing in to fits of uncontrollable laughter.But what of John Travolta? Well, he camps things up as the delightfully evil Terl, and he didn't deliver a single line without leaving teeth marks all over the scenery. Wonderful.All in all, 'Battlefield Earth' is so bad that it's good. The whole thing is so utterly abysmal that you'll be spellbound, waiting to see if it can possibly get any more ridiculous. And trust me, 'Battlefield Earth' doesn't disappoint.So go see it. It really is something so awful as to inspire a perverted sort of admiration. You'll love it. Or maybe you'll lose the will to live another day.Either way, it's an unforgettable experience.
Wow, this was incredible. But be warned!
posted on 17 Jul 2009Hey guys. Dan here. I just got back from watching the first viewing of "Battle" and I must say I was greatly impressed. I haven't read the L. Ron Hubbard book, but after seeing this, I am ready to head out to the library right now.The movie itself is very enjoyable. But be warned!!! If you're looking for a huge alien-human space battle that blows everything else out of the water, then you probably won't find it here. Not to say that they have nothing in this film. They actually have a very nice action scene near the end, but I won't mention anything to spoil anyone.John Travolta gave an excellent performece for a 9 ft. alien. What I liked about this film is that there are many different conficts going on, but it doesn't confuse the average movie goer.If you want to see a kick-ass Sci-Fi movie this year, I suggest you go see this. All in all, you'll walk out of the theater with a smile on your face. Very funny jokes in the film as well. SO what are you doing here? GO SEE IT!!!!--Dan
In the running for the "Greatest Bad Movie of All Time."
posted on 11 Jul 2009As an ardent fan of truly horrible cinema, I had to give this exemplar a "ten star" rating. In my humble opinion, this is a masterpiece, and it is right up there in the pantheon of horrid films with Wood's classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space." Fellow aficionados of wretched celluloid, I hold out for your consideration that it is possible, it just might be possible, that this film, in fact, has dethroned the long-ruling "Plan 9" as the "Greatest Bad Movie of All Time." This will be debated by experts in great/bad movies for years to come, but, at the minimum, we have a very viable challenger to Ed Wood's venerable masterpiece of horrid cinema. Let the debate begin!
I had no idea that a movie could be so bad.
posted on 29 Jun 2009I will admit it. I paid nothing to see this movie, and I got my passes through a local radio station. But I was not alone. This preview crowd was enormous, as evidenced by the square yardage the whole flock of us took up in the food court outside the theatre. Believe me, this was a huge gaggle of folks. And they all seemed excited to be there. Why was I there? Well, I somehow knew how it would all turn out in the end...But my dear sweet heaven... I had no idea that a movie could really and truly be so incredibly bad. Words do not begin to describe the times when the stupidity of the dialogue or the inanity of the plot smacked me cross-eyed with embarrassment for whoever directed this monstrosity.Okay. Okay. Calming down. Surely there were good points... Ever want to see John Travolta stomp around in Gene Simmon's KISS boots and an 8-inch forehead? Well, this is the movie you have been waiting for. Ever want to see a poor agrarian tribesman fly a Harrier jet with Luke Skywalker-in-the-Trenches precision after seven days training? Then step right up, my friend...The plotholes are enormous. The acting is so over-the-top that it drops over the visible horizon, whirls around the equator and smacks you right across the back of the head. Yes, there were funny parts, but not the ones that were intended. When it tries to be chilling in its post-Apocalyptic view of our modern world from the eyes of our millennium-yet-to-be born heroes, it simply comes off as cornball and hackneyed. This kind of hike through an overgrown and disintegrated cityscape has been done before, and done so much better. Bruce Willis wandering around a decayed Baltimore in 12 Monkeys, or even the boy rebels of The Tripods (BBC) skulking around an abandoned future London, both of those had more believable emptiness and loss than BE's incredibly obvious models.The score is suprisingly reminiscent of Vangelis's contribution to Blade Runner. Almost too much so. Come to think of it, the alien domes in BE look a lot like the android pyramids in Blade Runner. And a lot of the alien technology has kind of a Blade Runner style to it. Even when our hero is shot in the back (there's one, set for stun) while running through a dusty old mall, the impact sends him running and crashing through about four plate glass windows, much like the first android Deckard shoots in Blade Runner. Hmmm......Is it worth seeing just from a "its so bad its good" perspective? No, but I suspect that it will develop a summer cult following of those who appreciate unintentional camp, even if its not so good. So there you have it. The anti-Scientologists were right. This movie will have an effect on its viewers, but perhaps not the one that good old L. Ron would have approved.But then, I guess I'm just not the Operating Thetan I could be....
Humans fight for survival in distant future
posted on 25 Jun 2009Primitive humans on a future, alien-enslaved earth, battle their oppressors.A highly implausible story, aggravated by silly plot twists (primitive men learning to fly supersonic jets in a short time and suddenly talking like Skywalker in the Death Star scene in Star Wars) and dark (but not haunting) photography.The plot was unstimulating, the special effects as bad as the acting and Travolta too likeable as a baddie.The best thing about it was the irony of the last scene.It would have been better as an Outer Limits episode.Only big Travolta fans or die-hard sci-fi buffs should watch this.
Far better than the Phantom Menace
posted on 23 Jun 2009Battlefield Earth is not great....it's EXCELLENT!!I can't understand why everybody hates this film. Roger Christian had a comic-booky approach to this film, and on many levels it works with that in mind. There are no annoying Jar-Jars in this one neither stupid kids who can't act. On the other hand you'll find a great good guy played by Barry Pepper, and John Travolta as a cool bad guy. This film follows the traditions from great sci-fi classics like "Battlestar Galactica", "Logan's Run" and "Battle Beyond the Stars". You'll see groovy matte-paintings and some cool spaceships in a story with some cool'n crazy cavemen fighting the freaks of the universe, the Psyclos. The special effects can easily be compared to films like "ID4" All in all an extremely enjoyable film, which one day will be become a cult-classic. It's a shame we probably won't see a sequel due to a bad turn up at the box office.
Got it on DVD - it was great!
posted on 19 Jun 2009I never saw this movie in the theaters, just on DVD. Firstly, the 5.1 channel surround on the DVD was VERY crisp, with good dimensionality and excellent effects. The whole room was shaking during some of the blast scenes. Overall, the movie was very enjoyable. I liked the whole concept, especially the fact that this all takes place 1000 years after an alien invasion. Quite frankly, this is a lot more realistic scenario than Independence Day. The difference here is that human technology was no match for the aliens. This is much more realistic since any race which manages to reach Earth with interstellar travel is likely much more technologically advanced than ours. The key to the human's success is that Johnnie was trained in the alien technology, and then figures out how to use the alien technology against the aliens. This is much more realistic. And realize that it was only with the help of the aliens in the first place that the humans learned alien technology. The chances of the humans being able to figure out the advanced technology without the aliens teaching it to them is almost nil. There were many other facts which correspond much more closely to real physics than other movies. So I thought the concept very good, and I would recommend any SF buff to check out this movie, especially if you have a good home theater set up with 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround.
This movie is now one of my top 2 choices for showing off my stereo system (the other one is Fifth Element).
I could not have imagined a more terrible film.
posted on 11 Jun 2009I went to a preview of this film with fairly low expectations. Apparently, they were not low enough. I could not have imagined a more terrible film. Not only was this movie cheesy, contrived, predictable and boring but the special effects (a major draw for a science fiction film) were completely lame. The audience was laughing out loud at the sappy sentimentality and hokey ethnocentric patriotism throughout the film. I felt incredibly embarrassed for both John Travolta and Forrest Whitaker. What a waste of time and money!
This is real science fiction. It is highly recommended
posted on 09 Jun 2009This for once is a real sci fi movie. The critics should poll the people who saw it and will be surprised at the number of people who liked it. I found this very real as a sci fi movie goes and something that I wish other film makers would emulate instead of their hollywood vision of what makes good sci fi. Thsi is the real thing.
However, not as good as book, not bad either
posted on 24 May 2009science fiction is where this would be on the shelf, not religious. I don't understand what is so bad about this movie. I thought the book was great. I had high expectation for the film; even though, I had heard mostly bad reviews. I don't feel like I was let down. I feel like they leave a lot of things out in movies. there's always the time constraint. There is of course a difference in media format, allowing to get the story with audio/visuals and in less time than reading thousands of pages. I am not going to spoil anything in this movie for anyone. if you haven't seen it and you manage to see it it it will NOT kill you:) you will live. you may or may not feel cheated. you may or may not be depressed. You may or may not want to be audited. anyway I have to take up ten lines in order to post :) so run over to youtube and watch the scientology episode of southpark if you want to watch some funny $#!% about what some may call a cult.
DISAPPOINTING but not too bad after all....
posted on 22 May 2009I've seen and heard so many bad comments about this film before I saw it myself and that kept me thinking how bad this film really is,aren't there any part worth some good credits at all ? But after I watched the film myself....well,first I have to admit that the plot is really shallow and some unnecessarily scenes seem to be forcely inserted to the movie instead of some scenes really should be in it ,Travolta's great acting exp. along with Pepper and Whitaker couldn't really save this movie from falling over.I don't really know what the director and all the staffs have been thinking,but they really made up a really really bad shape(performance) of both the Psychlos and the Human(animal),couldn't they make it better that all of the Psychlos look almost the same but the face(even the outfit) and so do the human,that sometimes you get confused all over who is really who.The Psychlos really look like a bunch of fools that couldn't even walk in a proper way and seems to be too slow just to get themselves move along,don't you think ? And they also surely kinda too easy to be defeated for an Alien of which almost wipe out the entire human race in about 9 minutes ! A piece of cake ??After all,despites of all the lacking in the movie,we(or I) should give a credit,the only credit to the 'teaching' of this movie, which teaches us about never gives ourselves up on any hard circumstances and about how to encouraged ourselves to avoid the destruction,the struggle of human race against the Psychlos surely means something,it shows the superiority of human if just we put some efforts on it.Well,the moral taught is not bad after all.
What is the purpose of this piece of trash?
posted on 20 May 2009This film is idiotic. Just idiotic. However, everyone in the film takes it seriously, and that makes it worse than laughably bad- that makes it pitiful. Acting: Overacted. All the time.Special Effects: great, if you like seeing jaggies in the slo-mo fight scenes or weird camera angles in the explosions.Sound: cheesy "epic" music that sounds little better than random orchestra tuning sessions.Camera/editing: editing is OK, but odd camera angles abound through the entire film- why do i have to look at some monster's double chin?Plot: Stupid. A bunch of star-trek monster wannabes take over the earth to look for gold. (here come the plot holes). They haven't found fort knox in 1,000 years of habitation on earth. They are extremely smart, and their best insult is "rat-brain"? They call humans "man-animals" instead of the more logical term "manimals", and besides, if humans were considered on the same level, why not just say animals? Then a deviant genius human goes to the ruins of a city and finds working fighter jets from 1,000 years ago. All of them work and are even preloaded with missiles/etc. No rust or wear at all. Oh yeah, and the public records survived 1,000 years of mining, explosions, and bombardment in perfect condition. And, not only did a flight simulator exist in the city, conveniently located so that genius and his pals can train to fly those jets, it's also powered and working after 1,000 years, electrically supplied by .... umm......dunno. And, to boot, the primitive humans learn programming, computer use, hacking, piloting, weapon usage, and reading in 5 days. I'd love to see the school they went to. What luck for them, anyway. The ending is generic; good wins, happy happy etc.Messages: Primitives can learn how to surpass thousands of years of advancement in the human species by sitting in a flight simulator. Oh yeah, and L Ron Hubbard is god.overall, this film should be renamed and it would be very successful:"How Not To Make A Drama/Adventure Film: Exhibit Vol. 1" i'd bet 1,000,000 copies
About as awful as modern SF can get...
posted on 12 Aug 2009There isn't much I can say about Battlefield Earth that hasn't been said before (or most likely shouted before, while storming from a cinema or throwing a rented tape or disc into the return slot). Badly acted, badly directed, and badly written... a true train-wreck of a film. I am disgusted that Travolta ever got work in Hollywood again after this, but it's hard to keep a good Scientologist down.Don't watch it to satisfy your curiosity - you'll be sorry.