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Starship Troopers

1997

Paul Verhoeven

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Clancy Brown ...

6.1

32,932

Sci-Fi. Fantasy. Action In the society of the future, people have to undergo military service in order to attain citizenship. Johnny Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez and two other friends enlist for military service soon after leaving school. They are required to undergo tough and brutal training. An asteroid then appears out of Klendathu space and strikes Buenos Aires, killing Johnny’s parents. Earth declares war against the Klendathu. Johnny immediately ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The underlying ideas are the most interesting aspect of the film. What's lacking is exhilaration and sheer entertainment. Unlike the "Star Wars'' movies, which embraced a joyous vision and great comic invention, "Starship Troopers'' doesn't resonate. It's one-dimensional. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"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."
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The movie is sensationally exciting, but its hey-kids-let s-put-on-a-war! story line plays like Beverly Hills, 90210 recast as a military-recruitment film for the Third Reich."
		Adam Smith Empire	"Verhoeven's movie treads the line between satire and jingoism with almost mesmerising inconsistency (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A spectacularly gung-ho sci-fi epic that delivers two hours of good, nasty fun."
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"It's exactly like 'Star Wars' -- if you subtract a good story, sympathetic characters, intelligence, wit and moral purpose."
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"The film's special effects are astonishing, but the most notable and unexpected thing is its tone"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"An improbable and delirious combination of 'Weird Science,' 'Betty and Veronica' and 'Sgt. Rock and His Howling Commandos'."
		Lloyd Farley Collider	"For what seems to be an action-packed popcorn flick, 'Starship Troopers' sets its sights high, and what it speaks to is even more relevant - almost frighteningly more relevant - today"

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