Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

generationofswine Like so many other movies this one has been politicized in some of the more negative reviews because...well, I really can't say,I honestly have no clue what Stargate has to do with international politics...at all.Ostensibly it's because it is the American Military meets folks still living like its Ancient Egypt and kill their god that critics are objecting to on IMDb......Forgetting, of course, that their god enslaved them all.I am further to the left than most people I've met and...I just don't buy that this has ANYTHING to do with politics.I think this flick was pitched as "Indiana Jones meets Star Wars" and I am 100% certain that it was made to be Indiana Jones Meets Star Wars.And of course they can't name it that so they called it "Stargate" And I am going to review it like it was meant to be reviewed.This film is Indiana Jones meets Star Wars. It was made to be a hit, in fact, it should have been a far bigger hit than it turned out to be.I mean, just the concept makes me want to watch it all over again...It's the same concept as "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" except they remembered that Indiana Jones has no place in the world of Aliens.In fact I would have even loved the TV show if, you know, all the Alien worlds they visited didn't look a lot like Canada.All you have here is a really fun action adventure sci-fi movie that doesn't try to make any statements. It is just fun.Stop putting politics into pulp trash.

Tweekums In 1928 archaeologists in Egypt discover a circular device and an accompanying cover-stone; cutting to the present Dr Daniel Jackson, an Egyptologist with some radical views, finds himself invited to work on a secret project run by the US Air Force; they want him to translate the symbols on the cover stone. At first he can't identify some of the key symbols but then he realises they represent the constellations and together they point to a location the other side of the universe. At this point he is shown the device… the 'star gate'. Programming the symbols in activates the device and opens a gateway between it and a second star gate on a distant planet. A team, led by US Air Force Colonel Jack O'Neil is to be sent to explore, Jackson will accompany them to program the other gate to bring them home.Once there they learn that they are no symbols for them to copy into the device; they will have to find them if they are ever to see Earth again. Soon they discover a primitive society, not dissimilar to ancient Egypt. Here they gradually learn the truth about the star gate and things that happened in Egypt millennia ago. An alien being with godlike powers arrived seeking immortality; he took over the body of a young man and took slaves from Earth to work for him before a slave revolt in Egypt shut off his access to Earth… until now. When Ra turns up he is far from happy and attacks the people; the small group of troops and Daniel will end up leading a revolt that will save not only the local population but also that of Earth.It shouldn't be a surprise that this film is pretty good given that it led to a successful TV series and various spin offs. The general idea of what is going on is quickly established and little time is wasted before translation difficulties are solved and the team are on the distant planet. This world is interesting without being obviously alien; apart from a creature the only living beings we see are human. I liked the fact that it took a while before they could understand the local; trying to understand each other with gestures seemed more real yet having Daniel eventually realise how their language was related to one he knew meant they could communicate when it was essential. Similarly I liked how the science fiction was combined with ancient Egyptian mythology. The cast do a fine job, most notably James Spader as Dr Jackson and Kurt Russell as Col. O'Neil. There is a decent amount of action although it isn't too violent… even so I was a little surprised to see a severed head in a (UK) PG rated film. The effects are pretty good; especially the armour worn by Ra's troops and the Star Gate itself. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to fans of action sci-fi who want a film that is suitable for all but very young viewers.

Sam smith (sam_smithreview) now that the heading is in bold, we can get back to writing in normal letters. This is one of my all time favorite films. Everything in this film makes me appreciate it. From the great acting ensemble. To the amazing CGI that still holds it ground in today's cinema, to the incredible story. With a lot of people saying that it has similarities with Star Trak is just nonsense. While Star Trak is set in space, and deals more of racial sub topics and is more of a political drama based show/ movies. Stargate deals with other planets and Earth, not much in space. and it focus on ancient religion and believes of help from other beings.The story of the rings being used as gate way travel to distant worlds is pretty Awesome, and the film is also very smart on how they achieve communication between all the different species by having them all have some ancient language in common as they all have ancient gods who they fear or believe in.This is an incredibly awesome film, with some really cool action scenes, very well written dialogue and really great acting from Kurt Russell and James Spader

peefyn First of all: I love how this movie manages to make a scenario where a linguist somehow is the heroic explorer, much like Indiana Jones put archeology in the spotlight. In fact, a comparison with Indiana Jones is apt, because it's obvious that this movie is heavily inspired by that franchise - although it goes in a completely different direction.I have barely seen the TV-show, so I went into this knowing only somewhat what the stargate is. I love the premise of it, and how it manages to explore both mythology and sci-fi concepts. I can really understand that they decided to make a TV-show out of this.A last note on positives, before I go into the flaws: There's some really neat visuals in this as well, especially concerning the pyramids, and some of the villain henchmen's costumes.The flaws, though, are many and quite bad. For one, all characters are basically idiots that somehow seem intent on making the worst possible decisions. This is a really cheap trick for inducing conflict, it is also really annoying, and condescending to the audience. Most of it could be avoided by better writing. Just as serious is how this movie seems to parallel some big problems with colonialism without really noticing. There is literally a scene where one explorer is sick, sneezes, and then his handkerchief is taken by "indigenous"-like people that has obviously never been exposed to his germs (though the movie does not comment upon this at all). There's also scenes where the explorers give the indigenous weapons and cigarettes. Was it to build up a more direct colonial plot for a possibly sequel? For some reason, it does not feel like it. It seems more like dumb writing.There's also some scenes that have become a bit more uncomfortable due to modern conflicts. There are scenes set in areas resembling the middle east, where kids are handed automatic weapons to fight against what is basically drones.Despite all of these flaws, the concept (and the visuals) makes it worth a watch, perhaps to ponder what could have been?