"Blu-Ray Disc, Beyond High Definition."
Features: Widescreen, English, Subtitled, Spanish
When Professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) innocently accepts the offer of a mysterious woman to decode an ancient Egyptian artifact know only as the Stargate, he unwittingly takes the first step on an epic adventure that will span the galaxies and decide the fate of an entire planet.Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell), a true soldier with nerves of steel and a tragic past, is brought back to active duty to commandeer the first trip through the Stargate. On a desert planet on the far side of the universe, Jackson and O'Neil must battle the powerful alien Sun God, Ra (Jaye Davidson). At stake: the freedom of an ancient civilization from slavery and any chance of ever getting home!
"Think Star Wars meets Ben-Hur." Chris Hicks, Deseret News
"Production design, costumes and special effects are superb and they all make the alien world very convincing." Dragan Antulov, Rec.Arts.Movies.Reviews
"The effects conjured up...are inventive, often even thrilling." Hal Hinson, The Washington Post
"Interesting odyssey, impressively mounted and jammed with visual effects..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"An instant camp classic." Stephen Farber, MovieLine
Editor's Note
In this visually creative space adventure from the team that would go on to give the world INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA, a timid, glasses-wearing Egyptologist (James Spader) uncovers an ancient portal to another planet and is dispatched there forthwith--along with blundering, clodfooted government troops (led by Kurt Russell). The downtrodden populace they encounter, ruled by godlike, androgynous King Ra (Jaye Davidson, in his first role after becoming a star in THE CRYING GAME), must be led to literacy and freedom; Ra must be defeated; the intellectual must find his machismo; and our boys must return to Earth.
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