On Rotten Tomatoes, Battlefield Earth has an approval rating of 3% based on 152 reviews with an average rating of 2.8/10. The critical consensus reads: "Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad sci-fi folly."
Battlefield Earth's Rotten Tomatoes score is a dismal 3%, based on 152 reviews with an average rating of 2.8/10. Critics have overwhelmingly panned the film as "ugly, campy, and poorly acted," deeming it a misguided and poorly executed sci-fi effort.