For a film to be declared the “worst sci-fi movie ever,” it really has to suck.
Suck so bad that even Plan 9 From Outer Space looks like Citizen Kane in comparison.
Does such a movie exist? People, I give to you Battlefield Earth.
Yes, it has a rocking 3% on Rotten Tomatoes, somehow.
Perhaps actor John Travolta, who funneled millions into the project, set some money aside for paid reviews.
Pure speculation, of course.
The film made only $29 million against a $73 million budget, with that $29 million possibly ascribed to Scientologists going to see the film thrice daily.
As screenwriter J.D.
Shapiro assesses it, “Slow motion at every turn, Dutch tilts, campy dialogue, aliens in Kiss boots, and everyone wearing Bob Marley wigs.” Read on.
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