Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009

1h 52m

Sci-Fi

Drama

Action

Adventure

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The advanced cyborg race of Cylons living secretly embedded among humans has a plot to wipe out the human race with a series of nuclear attacks, but things don't necessarily go as planned. Led by Brother Cavil (Dean Stockwell), the Cylons keep hitting obstacles in their genocidal conspiracy, not the least of which is the botched assassination attempt by Boomer (Grace Park) on human Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos), a shot led astray by Boomer's guilty conscience.

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Ned Martel

New York Times

09/05/2018

The project might all be an exploitative departure from the ''Battlestar Galactica'' brand name, but it's hard not to like where the spacemen (and spacewomen) are going.

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Sonia Saraiya

AV Club

09/05/2018

A-

It's a type of world-building best-suited to endless franchises-the multi-book series, the film trilogy, the serialized television show. The detail is there for richness, not for third-act plot expediency.

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Melanie McFarland

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

04/23/2018

And what is "Galactica," old or new? A high-flying trifle. Choice, cheesy adventure. Sci Fi pulp. So stop squeezing your thermoses, turn off your brain, and enjoy.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

10/09/2020

2.5/4

...the picture improves immeasurably once the aforementioned conflict kicks into high gear...

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Rob Owen

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

01/22/2020

The new "Battlestar Galactica" is joyless, somber and a little boring.

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Will Wade

Common Sense Media

09/05/2018

4/5

The strength of this series is the way its characters each choose to react to this untenable situation.

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ben F.

@BenFranz May 15

Pure chaos. What did I just force myself to watch? Who are the good guys who are the bad guys is part of the plan but it's pure chaos.

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 02/24/2025

Expanding upon the reboot of Battlestar Galactica. It has some wonky effects and it looks very straight to DVD but the writing and cast are really solid

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steve d

@RT35616104 12/13/2022

Far too reliant on flashback.

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05/18/2020

Battle Star Gallactica is one of the best shows to have come out. Miss it so much. I haven't seen anything like it since.

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05/29/2019

Possibly the best sci-fi made so far. Has the darkness of The Walking Dead, the drama of Dexter, and the intrigue of The West Wing

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05/14/2019

its a naval war drama in space with sexy robots aka the best show ever

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Synopsis

The advanced cyborg race of Cylons living secretly embedded among humans has a plot to wipe out the human race with a series of nuclear attacks, but things don't necessarily go as planned. Led by Brother Cavil (Dean Stockwell), the Cylons keep hitting obstacles in their genocidal conspiracy, not the least of which is the botched assassination attempt by Boomer (Grace Park) on human Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos), a shot led astray by Boomer's guilty conscience.

Director: Edward James Olmos
Producer: Harvey Frand, Ron French
Screenwriter: Jane Espenson
Production Co: David Eick Productions, R&D TV
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 28, 2016
Runtime: 1h 52m

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