Upon this discovery, Jackson and a a military team lead by Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil (played by [Kurt Russell]?) embark through the Stargate to a desert planet called Ebidos. There, they find a small human civilization enslaved by an alien playing the role of (or being?) Ra?, the ancient Egyptian sun god, possessing a human body that is continuously regenerated in a high-tech sarcophagus?. I turns out that Ra had humans enslaved on both planets, but the earth humans rebeled and closed the Stargate. While Ra plans to destroy Earth by sending a bomb through the reopened gate, the Earth group sparks a rebellion among the Ebidos population, resulting in the death of Ra and the destruction of his starship.
The movie inspired a television series by the name of [Stargate SG-1]?, which still airs today.
The movie was built on an intruiging premise, namely that Ancient Egyptian civilization was influenced by extra-terrestrials possessing matter transportation devices called "Stargates". Unfortunately, from a promising beginning, with the military's recruitment of a brilliant (but quirky) Egyptologist (played by James Spader), the movie quickly degenerates into another typical Hollywood action flick.
From a purely visual point of view, it was quite striking, with many of the scenes quite carefully composed with a "geometric" look to them.
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