There was only one of five stars in the criticism of the film, but at the same time it also has a big fan base: is “Stargate” now top or flop? This is exactly what you can see from this in the subscription to Amazon Prime Video.
Over the years, isolated film start reviews sparkled with plenty of dust again and again. Four stars for “Jack and Jill“? Absolutely banana, many said 2 stars for”joker“? A farce, some think! One of our most controversial reviews is undoubtedly also the meeting “Stargate“From disaster film pope Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day”, “Moonfall”) …
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“Stargate”: Mumpitz with cult factor
To be honest, we don’t know ourselves very well whether we should recommend the film to you or rather advise you against it. The opinions on the star-occupied 90s blockbuster, celebrated by many genre fans, differ particularly far, including within our editorial team.
The story of the Egyptologist Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), who opened the gate to a strange world when examining a mysterious artifact, was not only a financial hit at the box office, but was also well received by the audience-and even so well that it immediately resulted in an entire universe that today consists of several films and TV series.
The cult status can hardly be taken from the sci-fi cracker anyway. But does that automatically make him a good film? No. At least not if our author Ulrich Behrens is in the official Film start criticism for “Stargate” At that time hardly left a good hair on the title.
Who among other things with Kurt Russell (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”) and Djimon Hounsou (“Gladiator”) Well -known film has “very nice pictures” to offer, but they couldn’t hide the fact that “Stargate” at the front and back “lack logic and credibility”. Russell, Spader and Co. are obviously trying to get the best out of the brain -led script, but, considering the history completely drawn up, could not save too much.
But is “Stargate” now actually so miserable? Or did the sci-fi blockbuster deserve its cult status, maybe even won over time? Now you can convince yourself of it. Or instead you prefer to look at the gold standard of the sci-fi genre:
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This is an updated re -publication of an article already published on film start.
