Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

  • 27% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 61% of users liked it
    (7,598 ratings)

This feature-length movie is a re-edited version of the first few episodes of the TV series. The story line concerns a spaceship full of survivors of a doomed planet who are headed to the Earth. Led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), they encounter villainous robots, threatening their journey to… More

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In Theaters
Sep 17, 1978 Wide
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • , Time Out

    With strictly tele-standard acting, straightforward space opera plot, grandiose sentiment and slushy love interest, it's really only meat for genre fans.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Money shows, but pace and acting suffer.

  • Frank Ochieng, Movie Eye

    A Star Wars clone for the boob tube crowd that never quite captured the imagination or originality that an ambitious sci-fi showcase should exude so effortlessly.

  • Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com

    High concept, low budget. Not looking forward to the SciFi channel 'reinterpretation'.

  • James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page

    The plot is as old as it gets and merely serves to get a group of people aimlessly lost in space.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    Just finished watching all 24 episodes of the original series. What a fun ride down memory lane. Was a great time.

  • AJ V


    This is the film which started the classic TV series. In fact, it may have been better to leave it as a film, or film series, and not gone to TV, but that's just my opinion. I really liked this movie, it's exciting, fun, and a sometimes unintentionally very funny.… More

  • Lafe F


    This bored me to tears. I could never get into the movie or the television series. It had a superb theme song, great ships, awesome Cylons, and a neato robot dog, but the human characters were dull; I didn't like any of them. The insectoid Ovions were cool when they were… More

  • xGary X


    Trashy TV special shown in cinemas in an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Star Wars. It's pure 70s cheese from beginning to end, and that's part of it's appeal. And Starbuck is even cooler than the Face man! Entertainingly kitsch junk that really only has value… More

  • Barry L


    Loved the series.

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