Is Stargate Bad? - Hack The Movies

Tony and Ryan review the Roland Emmerich classic that launched a franchise, Stargate. Find out if the movie is as bad as people say or if its a underrated gem in this Podcast / Movie Review. We take a look at the story, the actors, and the production design.

Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) is brought to an underground military base where he decodes the symbols on Egyptian cover stones as constellations. That allows an alien device, known as the Stargate, to be opened and a team led by Air Force Colonel Jack' O' Neil (Kurt Russell) and Jackson to travel across the known universe to a distant planet. Arriving on the planet, they find a culture ruled by someone pretending to be the Egyptian sun god Ra (Jaye Davidson) Soon, Ra captures the team and takes control of a nuclear weapon brought to the planet in case of the discovery of hostile aliens. Jackson and O'Neil escape and must fight Ra and his army of warriors to save Earth from being destroyed by Ra.