Stargate (Director's Cut, DVD) Reviews

The Intergalactic Superhighway! The movie that spawned a series of television shows (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis & Stargate Universe) books, video games, a cartoon, and ironically - movies based on the television shows. As a child, I did use to watch the earlier episodes of the revamped television show based on the ...  Read the complete review

I saw this film on VHS when I was a young'en and it scared the crap out of me, but I couldn't stop watching it. It's a great idea to use the world's most famous mythologies and manipulate them to fit your story. Who ever came up with the pyramids for landing pads deserves a medal. I think that the story was very well written it's got all ...  Read the complete review

Made in 1994, this film was the reason for creating the hugely popular and successfull series Stargate SG1. The idea, special effects and cast made this film go on to be a hit and remembered for many years on. The story. In 1928 an artifact is found that no specialist in the field can work out the origins of. Many years ...  Read the complete review

Stargate was the first in the series of summer event movies made by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. The fact that it pays lip service to Egyptian mythology and history is what lifts it above the rest of its ilk. It also has its roots in a common premise held by conspiracy theorists and UFO aficionados, in which the human race couldn't ...  Read the complete review

I've never bothered with the television series of Stargate, but I remember going to watch the original film at the cinema and wanted to see it again. The film is about a mysterious ancient gateway to another dimension. James Spader and Kurt Russell go through this gateway and find a planet that has some similarities to Ancient ...  Read the complete review

I bought this DVD from Amazon for £4.97 last week and it arrived today. My grubby little paws were ripping open the packaging to get to all my goodies I had bought using vouchers I had earned (thanks dooyoo!). I could not wait to get this in the DVD player as I am an avid Stargate fan. Hubby likes it too but complains it's not Star Trek ...  Read the complete review

After picking this veteran movie up at a car boot sale, remember it is over a decade since it first hit the big screen, I thought that I was going to sit down to watch a now fairly dated and average sci-fi movie. I had seen this at the cinema when it was first release but I had forgotten just how good it was. What was meant to be a ...  Read the complete review

Before Roland Emmerich came to fame for such movies as ‘Godzilla’ (an all time personal favourite) and ‘Independence Day’ he gave us a hint of his flair for all things visual in the shape of the 1994 movie ‘Stargate’. This movie was originally released on a fairly abysmal DVD – a very ...  Read the complete review

Once this movie was destined for release I became fascinated by the idea. I actually saw it 3 times at the cinema and have watched it many a time since, on TV and Video. Egypt is a subject that sparks many imaginations when spoken. Movies like this are sure to be appealing to interested people. Following the story of the ...  Read the complete review

In 1928, on an archaeological dig, Professor Langford discovers an ancient Egyptian artefact at Giza. It is a strange stone circle, about twenty feet in diameter, covered in unusual and as yet indecipherable hieroglyphs. As is normal in these cases the US Army takes the stone into 'protective custody!' Alas nobody knows what is ...  Read the complete review

Fans of the Stargate Sg-1 TV Series who haven’t seen this movie will instantly notice that all of the characters with the exception of Skarra are all played by different actors and that Teal’c, Samantha Carter, and General Hammond aren’t even in the movie. But after about ten minuets you don’t even notice the ...  Read the complete review

Yes I believe Stargate is a classic movie released on October 1994. It has been such a hit that there have been all kinds of shows made about it on one of the movie channels. I got the movie as a gift on DVD. It has one draw back that I haven't seen on any other DVD yet, half the movie is on one side and the other half is ...  Read the complete review

Fans of the TV series Stargate SG1 may already know this film. If you like the series and haven’t seen the film then it does help to put the series in context. It is about the discovery of the Stargate and the consequences of its use. The Stargate is a portal that allows travel to other planets. In this film the explorers find a ...  Read the complete review

It doesn't happen that often that a film has a series made AFTER the film has been made, often they get films at the end of their runs (B5, Trek), or to tell a particular story (X-Files). But Stargate managed to get a brand new series from the really simple premise of travelling through a series of huge gates, with a really ...  Read the complete review

A familiar story with some minor new twists (aliens colonized our planet...in a sense)about a linguist (Spader) enlisted by the military to travel through a mysterious gateway to another universe, where they help liberate an oppressed people from a super race that wants also to destroy earth. Good production from the same guy who did ...  Read the complete review

"Stargate" the film is great if you've never watched the "Stargate SG1" series on the telly every week. As an explanation of how it all began, then really I suppose it is pretty essential to watch if one doesn't want to become totally bamboozled by this unique and innovative method of space travel. ...  Read the complete review

Stargate tells the story of a ancient Egyptian artefact, found buried by a US excavation team and researched by the military. It is found to hold an unbeleivable secret, the ability to transport people to other planets. While Stargate SG-1, the series spawned by the film provides much background, I have decided to stick to ...  Read the complete review

Star gate, the movie was great. A lot of research must have gone into this film, as its suggests that the Egyptian's where aliens from another galaxy but still looked like us. Basically a star gate which was uncovered in the 40s was under scrutiny by the government in the US. Daniel Jackson was a expert in hieroglyphics and was ...  Read the complete review

Ever really curious about how the Egyptians managed to construct the pyramids? Do you think perhaps aliens came down and helped them with the construction? Stargate shows how an alien enslaved a group of humans and made them make the pyramids amoung other things and generally serve him at his whim. When there wa an eventual revolt he ...  Read the complete review

This movie is one of the best Sci Fi movies around. It is original and unique. The movie has never received its do recognition and should be named as one of the top ten Sci Fi movies of all time in my opinion. Also, the soundtrack is great and the special effects are very good. This film will always rank up with my other Sci ...  Read the complete review