Release Date : Nov 7, 1997 Wide
Genre Movie :Action & Adventure,Science Fiction & Fantasy,Cult Movies
Actors :Casper Van Dien,Dina Meyer,Denise Richards,Jake Busey,Neil Patrick Harris,Clancy Brown,Seth Gilliam,Patrick Muldoon,Michael Ironside,Rue McClanahan,Marshall Bell,Eric Bruskotter,Matt Levin,Blake Lindsley,Anthony Ruivivar,Brenda Strong,Dean Norris,Amy Smart,Dina Myer,Christopher CurryMpaa Rating : R
Plot Story : Director Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Total Recall) reunited many from his 1987 Robocop team for this $100-million science fiction adventure, adapted from Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (October-November, 1959). After graduation, Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) volunteers for the Mobile Infantry to do his Federal service -- but also to win over his girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards), who has signed with the Fleet Academy to become a starship pilot. Johnny joins other boot-camp recruits -- Dizzy Flores (Dina Meyer), who has had a crush on Johnny since school, and Ace Levy (Jake Busey). Ace and Johnny become pals, and Johnny's abilities earn him the squad leader position. A training accident occurs on Johnny's watch, and he is about to resign when Earth is attacked by alien insects intent on eradicating all human life. Johnny's home, Buenos Aires, is no longer on the map. Horrified, he chooses to stay on and fight to destroy the insect threat. The Mobile Infantry travels to the planet Klendathu to battle the warrior bugs, a ruthless enemy with only one goal -- survival of their species no matter what. In the initial encounter, some 100,000 lives are lost. At a distant fort, Johnny's unit discovers that the bugs drain brains to acquire knowledge. Soon they are overwhelmed by an advancing arthropod army of immense proportions, attacking both in space and on the planet surface. The notion of human extinction becomes a possibility. For this $100-million production, some 300 artists and technicians combined models and miniatures with CGI effects to fashion a variety of creatures -- from breeder bugs to armored tanker bugs. The film employed hundreds of extras and has over 500 visual effects shots. Filming began 4/29/96 in California (LA and Long Beach, where Cal State's pyramid gym was used for the Jumpball game), New York, South Dakota, Wyoming (Casper, Hell's Half Acre), and Utah (an abandoned Wendover airstrip where the Enola Gay WWII bomber crew trained). At an abandoned airfield in Fountain Valley, California, an elaborate set was constructed to resemble a military boot camp of the future -- complete with an array of pup tents, gull-winged spaceships, hurdle obstacle course, and training facility buildings. Cinematography by Jost Vacano (Showgirls). Licensed products include Lewis Galoob Inc. toys. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Best Trailer For Starship Troopers
TagLine Starship Troopers The only good bug is a dead bug.Visitor Ranting and Critics For Starship Troopers
Critics Ranting For Starship Troopers : 6.1Critics Percentage For Starship Troopers : 63 %
User Ranting Movie Starship Troopers : 3.1
User Count Like for Starship Troopers : 220,445
Review For Movie Starship Troopers
Lacks the courage of the book's fascist conclusions.Scott Rosenberg-Salon.com
Lacking the sophistication of the average comic book, it compensates with panoramic attack sequences, reminiscent of the Japanese swarm attacks in American war movies.
Liam Lacey-Globe and Mail
A jaw-dropping experience, so rigorously one-dimensional and free from even the pretense of intelligence it's hard not to be astonished and even mesmerized by what is on the screen.
Kenneth Turan-Los Angeles Times
Terrific entertainment.
Joe Baltake-Sacramento Bee
The action sequences are heavily laden with special effects, but curiously joyless.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times
Massive, hilarious and thrilling. I went to lunch a few times with a girl who despised this movie. I was forced to conclude that she's not very smart.
Gregory Weinkauf-ÜberCiné
Gory, scary, violent sci-fi is too intense for kids.
Charles Cassady-Common Sense Media
"Starship Troopers" is a war satire that outshines even Kubrick's great film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb."
Cole Smithey-ColeSmithey.com
...boasts a tongue-in-cheek, downright campy sensibility that ultimately pervades every aspect of the proceedings.
David Nusair-Reel Film Reviews
Insanely subversive...functions as a visually dazzling science-fiction action picture, a philosophical challenge, and a hilarious, incisive comedy. [Blu-Ray]
Peter Canavese-Groucho Reviews
Paul Verhoeven's satiric, 1997, sci-fi, war-movie romance is admittedly an acquired taste.
John J. Puccio-Movie Metropolis
Are these ever mean bugs!
Gary Brown-Houston Community Newspapers
More effective as a satire than as an action extravaganza.
Nick Schager-Lessons of Darkness
Utter stupidities and other scientific impossibilities litter the script like trooper body parts . . . [yet] the film does something right
Brian Mckay-eFilmCritic.com
What galls me is the film's marketing, moral and ideological cynicism.
Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope
Cut Paul Verhoeven some slack!
Christopher Null-Filmcritic.com
It's fun and empty but so much less vacuous than Men In Black.
Karina Montgomery-Cinerina
Repulsively thrilling and often downright hilarious.
James Kendrick-Q Network Film Desk
It's a cynical wasteland from beginning to end.
Jack Garner-Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
I don't think you'll get much bang for your money out of this sophomoric satire.
Dennis Schwartz-Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A nonstop splatterfest so devoid of taste and logic that it makes even the most brainless summer blockbusters look intelligent.
Jeff Vice-Deseret News, Salt Lake City
The enjoyment you get from watching Starship Troopers is similar to the pleasure felt from a loud 'ZAP' from a bug zapper. And about as deep.
Madeleine Williams-Cinematter
0 comments:
Post a Comment