Stargate

“It will take you a million light years from home. But will it bring you back?”

Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), a linguist dismissed by his peers, decodes an ancient ring-shaped device that opens a portal to another world. Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell) leads a military team through the Stargate to a desert planet ruled by the god Ra (Jaye Davidson). Emmerich stages the action across two worlds with a scale and momentum that make the spectacle feel inevitable.