Stargate (1994)
Roland Emmerich's cracking sci-fi adventure in which a Stargate, an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole, enables travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. It's through this Stargate that Kurt Russell's Colonel Jack O'Neill leads a US Air Force team along with linguist and Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) to see what is at the other end.
I've always enjoyed films fused with Egyptian mythology and Stargate uses it in a tasty sci-fi mix alongside spectacular scenery and FX and a hugely memorable theme from David Arnold.
The idea that the pyramids were built by aliens with the Gods an idea for subjugating the people is used to good effect with the exact same thing happening at the other end of the wormhole
At over two hours the directors cut is perhaps over long but i still find this film very enjoyable and incredibly underrated.
I wonder if anyones thought of using the idea for a series?
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