Stargate
In Egitto, nel 1928, viene rinvenuto un grande anello di metallo sconosciuto con incisi geroglifici, che anni dopo si rivela essere una "stargate", una porta interplanetaria, attraverso la quale un manipolo di soldati americani approda in un pianeta simile all'antico Egitto dove lavora una comunità di schiavi...
Richardha recensito
19 ottobre 2025•
Saw this one in the cinema when it came out and the concept alone had me hooked: a giant ring buried in Egypt that turns out to be an alien teleportation device? Sold.
Later grabbed it on DVD, then upgraded to Blu-ray when I wanted the desert vistas and alien temples in full detail.
It’s Roland Emmerich doing what he does best, big ideas, big sets and a script that occasionally forgets how humans talk. But the ambition? Massive.
James Spader plays the nerdy linguist with heart, Kurt Russell brings military grit and Jaye Davidson floats through the film as Ra with eerie elegance.
The production design leans into ancient Egyptian iconography with sci-fi flair, golden masks, pyramid ships and glowing tech that looks like it was built by a civilization that loved drama.
The pacing is pure ’90s: “We’ve gotta do the thing!” urgency, exposition dumps and slow pans over sand dunes. But it works.
The score swells, the stakes rise and the final showdown delivers.
I loved the crazy idea and execution. It felt like someone mashed up Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 and Flash Gordon, then added a dash of military bravado.
Richardha recensito
19 ottobre 2025•
Saw this one in the cinema when it came out and the concept alone had me hooked: a giant ring buried in Egypt that turns out to be an alien teleportation device? Sold.
Later grabbed it on DVD, then upgraded to Blu-ray when I wanted the desert vistas and alien temples in full detail.
It’s Roland Emmerich doing what he does best, big ideas, big sets and a script that occasionally forgets how humans talk. But the ambition? Massive.
James Spader plays the nerdy linguist with heart, Kurt Russell brings military grit and Jaye Davidson floats through the film as Ra with eerie elegance.
The production design leans into ancient Egyptian iconography with sci-fi flair, golden masks, pyramid ships and glowing tech that looks like it was built by a civilization that loved drama.
The pacing is pure ’90s: “We’ve gotta do the thing!” urgency, exposition dumps and slow pans over sand dunes. But it works.
The score swells, the stakes rise and the final showdown delivers.
I loved the crazy idea and execution. It felt like someone mashed up Lawrence of Arabia, 2001 and Flash Gordon, then added a dash of military bravado.
