The peaceful alien planet Terra faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on it. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop i... Read allThe peaceful alien planet Terra faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on it. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.The peaceful alien planet Terra faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on it. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations
Evan Rachel Wood
- Mala
- (voice)
Luke Wilson
- Jim Stanton
- (voice)
Justin Long
- Senn
- (voice)
Chad Allen
- Terrian Scientist
- (voice)
Bill Birch
- Terrian 2
- (voice)
Brooke Bloom
- Technician Quinn
- (voice)
Brian Cox
- General Hemmer
- (voice)
David Cross
- Giddy
- (voice)
James Devoti
- Colonel Wheeler
- (voice)
- (as Jim Devoti)
Chris Evans
- Stewart Stanton
- (voice)
James Garner
- Doron
- (voice)
Danny Glover
- President Chen
- (voice)
Mark Hamill
- Elder Orin
- (voice)
Alec Holden
- Tulo
- (voice)
Masam Holden
- Tumi
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally conceived as a film with live actors playing the human characters.
- GoofsWhile making the spaceship parts they weld inside the oxygen tent. Pure oxygen would explode with the welding torch.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Informers/The Soloist/Tyson (2009)
Featured review
Remember the time when animation used to be for kids?
Remember the time when animation used to be for kids? The good ol' days, eh? This animated movie makes pretty good use of the medium to tell a rather complex story. The movie has most qualities of good storytelling - ethical dilemmas, unique settings and gray areas aplenty. The premise of the movie is simple: Threatened with extinction, the human race needs to make one last desperate attempt at survival by the conquest of a seemingly peaceful alien world teeming with sentient life.
The movie explores possibilities that are the antithesis of staple sci-fi genre. For instance, What if the (typical) victim is the aggressor? (Humans attack a seemingly peaceful alien planet). Is peaceful bliss really a practical possibility? (without advanced weaponry, the alien world is threatened with extinction). Another highlight of the movie was that the aliens were, you know, just alien. They weren't cute and cuddly (a la E.T.) or menacing hordes (a la every-sci-fi war movie you've seen). The aliens are just rational beings who will fight, feel and cry when the need arises.
Now, the movie isn't without its flaws. It's not completely balanced (aggressors - no matter what the reason for aggression - are still painted in a slightly negative tone), characterization, even the quality of animation (in this post-Pixar universe) might be called into question - but I'm willing to overlook all of that for one simple reason: the director has a clear vision and explores it vividly on screen. That's worth a couple of hours of your life. Definitely is.
The movie explores possibilities that are the antithesis of staple sci-fi genre. For instance, What if the (typical) victim is the aggressor? (Humans attack a seemingly peaceful alien planet). Is peaceful bliss really a practical possibility? (without advanced weaponry, the alien world is threatened with extinction). Another highlight of the movie was that the aliens were, you know, just alien. They weren't cute and cuddly (a la E.T.) or menacing hordes (a la every-sci-fi war movie you've seen). The aliens are just rational beings who will fight, feel and cry when the need arises.
Now, the movie isn't without its flaws. It's not completely balanced (aggressors - no matter what the reason for aggression - are still painted in a slightly negative tone), characterization, even the quality of animation (in this post-Pixar universe) might be called into question - but I'm willing to overlook all of that for one simple reason: the director has a clear vision and explores it vividly on screen. That's worth a couple of hours of your life. Definitely is.
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- Jun 27, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Cuộc Chiến Ở Terra
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,647,083
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,082,064
- May 3, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $6,195,553
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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