Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action / Scifi
Duration: 129 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Denise Richards
IMDb score:
7,3 (351.312)
Releasedate: 7 November 1997
Starship Troopers plot
"The only good bug is a dead bug."
In the new millennium, mankind faces the deadliest enemy of all time... an intelligent race of aliens. Some are nine meters high, others can fly, but all are capable of destroying every living thing on Earth. Then appears young Johnny Rico, a fearless freedom fighter who joins an elite infantry unit. His stunning girlfriend Carmen is being trained to be a first class fighter pilot - but at the same time is being taken over by her flight instructor! The Troopers make their way to the home planet of the alien insects, where a massive intergalactic war is about to break out. Their mission: to save humanity from destruction.
Actors and actresses
Johnny D. Rico
Dizzy Flores
Carmen Ibañez
Private Ace Levy
Colonel Carl Jenkins
Career Sergeant Zim
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Zander Barcalow
Private Sugar Watkins
Biology Teacher
Reviews & comments
Quentin
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- 10218 messages
- 8624 votes
Finally saw it on the big screen last night in the CINEMATEKbe, what an experience! I always thought this was a fairly genius (and prophetic) allegory for the Bush-Cheney years, but on 35mm this visionary work by Verhoeven surprisingly worked on an emotional level as well. The characters are of course (deliberately) as flat and soapy as can be, but the wry relationship between Dizzy, Johnny and Carmen came into its own a lot better.
It is a pity that Verhoeven has removed the rough edges after test screenings. Originally, Carmen would kiss Johnny after Zander's death, just like Esther opportunistically switches sides in Soldier of Orange. But of course Americans thought that was completely immoral.
Anyway, enough parallels with Soldier of Orange, only in this film everyone really goes to the Eastern Front. While the 1977 film still cautiously explored the gray area between right and wrong, Verhoeven clearly no longer believed in this 20 years later when he made this postmodernist masterpiece.
A wonder this could be made in the US studio system, I'm going to the full 5*.
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eRCee
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- 13463 messages
- 1986 votes
This film is worth the effort if only because of a very young Barney Stinson in Gestapo coat. "He's scared!", yes. 
Funny satire about America, the American film and maybe also about Verhoeven himself. Starship Troopers is actually better than his more serious war films.
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Jack Sparrow
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- 472 messages
- 3323 votes
Long time since I saw this movie. Revised today and up a point. The film has a double meaning and is cleverly put together. In particular the fact that humans actually attack insects and not the other way around . What war does to a group of individuals is shown here well, but sometimes violently. Parallels with actual wars are also sometimes visible.
Saw the movie with commentary from Verhoeven and the screenplay writer. Very informative and interesting! Recommended, if you own DVD!
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
2017
Starship Troopers: Invasion
2012
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
2008
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
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