Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Stargate (1994)

MGM
Directed by Roland Emmerich
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)

Scientist James Spader is recruited by the military to decode the secret to a large stone artifact found in Egypt. It turns out to be a portal to a distant planet where the Egyptian god Ra is actually an alien in human form. Ra has taken human slaves from Earth where they are kept busy mining a special mineral which gives him super powers. Spader and the military befriend the locals, fall in love, battle Ra and free them from slavery. Derivative of all things Star Wars with characters barely rising above stereotypes, but still good for popcorn entertainment.

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