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It is the year 3000 and the Psychlos, a race of dreadlocked aliens, are busy raping the Earth of its natural resources to revive their own dead planet. Peppy young turk Jonnie Goodboy Tyler decides to fight back: he speed-learns the Psychlo language, masters their alien technology and then rallies the beleaguered human race to victory. The Psychlos are at a distinct disadvantage since they persist in wearing ludicrously-stacked heels that make it hard to do anything but totter like stilt-walkers. Therefore, out of necessity, most of the action sequences in Battlefield Earth are shot in slow motion. John Travolta plays Terl, the blustering Psychlo chief of security on Earth, like a pantomime villain delivering leaden dialogue that elicits unintentional pathos. Forest Whitaker in the role of his oafish, double-crossing sidekick Ker erases all traces of screen credibility gained through his role in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog. And as Tyler, pretty boy Barry Pepper has the charisma of a plastic action figure. Even the tagline for this film--"A saga for the year 3000"--is startlingly banal.
On the DVD: At first glance, this DVD looks to be packed with extras. A director's commentary, two TV spots, trailer and three "making of" feaurettes--but once you've seen one of the featurettes, you've literally seen them all, as the other two simply recut the same footage. After watching this travesty of a film, it is unlikely you'll want to hear British director Roger Christian gushing over his own work on the audio commentary with production designer Patrick Tatopolous. One can only guess that the creative team got stranded on Planet Psychlo and lost all their critical faculties. The main feature is of good enough picture quality to accentuate the ghastly blue and orange hues that colour almost every scene. The film is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic format with optional 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. --Chris Campion
DVD Description
TV Spots "Go" and "Psychlo"
Behind The Scenes Documentary "Evolution and Creation"
Creative Visual Effects Featurette
John Travolta's alien makeup test feature
Production Stills and Storyboards
Commentaries by Director Roger Christian and Production Designer Patrick Tatopolous
Hidden Features Menu
Web enabled Menu
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: English
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired.
Widescreen format 2.35:1
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
So bad it's good.,
This review is from: Battlefield Earth [DVD] (DVD)
If you think this film is not worthy of a second viewing you haven't been watching it right.
Battlefield Earth is unintentional comedy genius. From John Travolta's hilarious alien costume to the laughable script, absurd plot, shoddy direction and deadpan delivery, the film is right up there with classics like 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', 'Slugs', 'Showgirls' & 'Flowers in the Attic'. Battlefield Earth is a masterclass in the construction of bad cinema.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
As a comedy, it's great. If it was meant to be a comedy, that is...,
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This review is from: Battlefield Earth [DVD] (DVD)
Battlefield Earth is one of the more enjoyable sci-fi comedies of recent years - and there's little doubt that much of the humour IS intentional, playing like a science-fiction version of The Office as John Travolta's alien tries to scheme his way out of corporate exile on dead-end planet Earth and nab a bonus into the bargain. While he tries to train man-animals to mine gold by offering to force-feed them rats as a treat and his dumb sidekick Forrest Whittaker tries to take his job, it's left for Michael Bolton to save the world. Only he was busy, so they got Barry Pepper to grow his hair long instead. Cue lots of slo-mo head flicks as, with a little help from the Declaration of Independence (which, like miniature golf courses, has survived 1000 years of alien domination and human neglect surprisingly well), he teaches his fellow primitive factory floor workers to rebel. It's not as funny as Lifeforce or even killer-alien-turd-monster movie Dreamcatcher, but it's still insane enough to make me happier than a baby Psychlo on a strict diet of kabanga. Bring on the sequel, stupid Man-Animals!
20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
An awful, awful movie,
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This review is from: Battlefield Earth [DVD] (DVD)
This is a dreadful movie with absolutely no redeeming qualities at all. It has a dull cliche story with massive plot holes, no suspense, bad dialogue, bad acting, bad effects and bad direction. The directing is particularly atrocious with practically every scene shot at an tilted angle through a lens filter with fades and wipes ripped off straight out of Star Wars. It's not even bad in a fun kind of way, it is just an overlong exercise in tedium. Believe me, twenty minutes into the film, you'll be wishing you had bought something else.In summary, the only reason this travesty even exists is because Travolta (miscast as Terl in the movie) is a member of a certain 'religion', whose beloved dead leader wrote this mulch. One must take any glowing review of this work with a large pinch of salt. This 'religion' is well known for ballot stuffing to boost ratings for L Ron Hubbard works no matter how irredeemably awful they might be. This is cult viewing only - brainwash cult viewing that is.
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