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As said, it begins like a passable version of Planet of
the Apes, takes in Braveheart's hairstyles, and
then somehow crosses the boundaries of fiction when it insults
viewer's intelligence by trying to make them believe that
just-out-of-the-trees humans can learn 1000 years of lost
scientific knowledge in a few days.
Worse still, these same humans who could barely function
above hunter-gatherers somehow learn to fly harrier jump jets
and take on the technology-superior Psychlos.
They do this with the leadership of Barry Pepper (the sniper
in Saving Private Ryan) who actually does a fairly good job
with some pretty woeful stuff. As the caged humans fight over
green porridge he plonks his hand into it and does a Mel Gibson-like
"they may take our taste buds, but they will never take
our porridge".
The chief baddie is John Travolta who, unfortunately, seems
to have taken leave of his senses and taste to be in Battlefield
Earth. He overacts to the max and you look forward to
his demise as payback for the two hours of your life he has
just minced through.
Travolta's henchman is the also very talented Forest Whitaker,
but he doesn't quite suffer the same bagging his boss deserves.
Both the video transfer and sound of Battlefield Earth
are fine - in fact are probably better than the script and
storyline deserve - but do have little niggles.
I can't believe $100m went on this.
Conclusion: Movie 50%, Extras 60%
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