Battlefield Earth

About Battlefield Earth

In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves.

Battlefield Earth is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Roger Christian. At 117 minutes long, it arrived in May 2000.

Its themes are post-apocalyptic future, alien invasion, distressing, and so bad it’s good. It is adapted from a novel.

John Travolta appears as Terl, Barry Pepper as Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, Forest Whitaker as Ker, and Kim Coates as Carlo. The screenplay is by Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro. Production companies include Franchise Pictures and Morgan Creek Entertainment. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Logan's Run, The Maze Runner, and I Am Legend make useful companions to Battlefield Earth, all filed under distant future and dystopia. TMDB voters put it at 3.3 out of 10 across 975 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.