ThiefHott Too much of everything

Steineded How sad is this?

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

UofSciFi I just watched this for the first time today and I WAS BLOWN AWAY.First, let me take a moment to reiterate that I loved the first film. In fact the first film is one of my all time favorite movies. I remember when I saw the first film that for the first time, I left the theater knowing that I had not had that much fun at a movie since I was a kid and saw Star Wars for the first time. I remember going to the movies back in 1997 and watching it 6 times at the theater. And then I purchased it just as soon as it was available on the home video market (which was predominately VHS back in 1997).Then came Starship Troopers 2. It went directly to DVD, and was filmed as a low budget movie. Although I don't believe that Starship Troopers 2 is as bad as most people make it out to be, I will however agree that lacked any of the energy, feelings, excitement or the overall fun that the first film had. Although ST2 did have some good moments, what I disliked most about ST2 was the fact that the story went off into a silly direction with the mindcontrol bugs. And once the mindcontrol plot started, the movie's plot never got it's feet back on the ground. And when ST2 ended, you almost wished that never made it(for the sake of the original). In a way, ST2 tarnished the legacy of the first film.However Today I watched ST3. Like the second film, ST3 also was a direct video release. With that in mind, I lowered my expectations based on the mediocre job they did on ST2. ........AND THEN I WAS BLOWN AWAY. This film is a worthy sequel to the original film. The movie is great. I would have gladly paid to seen this movie in theaters. The special effects are good, the story has a plot twist, and it is excellent. Lots of good action. GREAT SCREENPLAY! My only two complaints is that I would have liked to have seen a larger battle at the end of the movie...but thats okay, ..My other complaint is that they didn't use any of the original movies' brilliant musical score....but that's okay too...because I was just thrilled that that this movie was good.If ST2 tarnished the legacy of the first film, then ST3 restores it

James Looking a bit derivative, with its "Federation" and 'warp drive", the "Starship Troopers" genre in fact goes well back to 1959 Robert Heinlein sci-fi, and it has a lot to say about military-industrial complex scenarios. In fact, Eisenhower was criticised by Heinlein for not being gung-ho enough, and it was ultimately that President who first used the term military-industrial complex, in the context of something to be guarded against.Heinlein thus tended to speak up for the military in his books, while in the films we see (and see satirised and somewhat criticised) the military domination of life, art, commerce, discipline, social norms and everything else (here even also religion) in the fight against arachnid aliens so teeming, so pushy and so utterly ruthless that they make Tolkien's orcs look like teddy-bears. They are cannon-fodder big time, but, buglike indeed, are alarmingly hard to kill, and impossible to eradicate en masse. Hence, more often than not, our hero recruits into the armed forces (which in this dystopia means pretty much everybody) drop like flies themselves. And interestingly, while those in authority are mocked by the film, the ordinary soldiery tend not to be, though they do certainly expire with great regularity, and relatively gorily.In the meantime, there is a (poignantly authentic) touch of the Stalingrads about a situation in which male and female troops live, love, fight and (all-too-soon) die alongside each other as equals. "Starship Troopers" the original was notorious for an ostensibly-titillating, but also groundbreaking, shared-changing-room scene in which males and females routinely appeared naked alongside one another without giving it a second thought. Needless to say, film 3 does not fully resist this temptation, and the point is again made quite impressively.Edward Neumeier's third instalment also emulates its first predecessor of 11 years earlier in pushing the "public information film" as a way of holding its story together, and this remains enjoyable in a way that emphasises how not-altogether-far from this kind of thing we are already. In the first film, these helped the story along, whereas here one is a little hard-pressed to find a story. The thing looks more like a series of vignettes, and not all aspects of the plot seem to follow through. The first section takes place on a farm-colony planet that seems to be in perpetual darkness (some farming!), and it plays with a story about a farmers' revolt against the Federation that seems to go nowhere at all.The film also has a love interest between Gen. Dix Hauser (Boris Kodjoe) and Capt. Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock) - in which Casper Van Dien's Johnny Rico plays gooseberry - that also seems pure artifice, not even convincing in the film's own limited terms.British/Irish actors Amanda Donohoe and Stephen Hogan are on-screen rivals for top jobs that give better value, however, with Hogan's Sky Marshal being as much entertainer as commander-in-chief - a clever plot twist. Since he has come under the spell of a false deity, he contrasts with others who are really part of a religious revival (also somewhat intriguing as a film concept).Ultimately, one mainly watches a film of this type for the above slightly tongue-in-cheek presentation of some future world of ours, as well as to get a good attack of the shudders watching man against beast. Here the film does as it should, giving us the creeps effectively enough, and helping the more imaginative viewer consider the possibility that maybe, just maybe, somewhere out there in endless space...

ericzillazillo At first glance, you might be put off by the cheap CGI intro, and feel as if the film is a cheap ripoff version of the (1997) Original Starship Troopers movie. While this film certainly shares the original's satire, it takes it in a different direction: Whereas Starship Troopers (1997) was a political satire, this film is a less subtle but takes on heavily over-the-top religious-political tones, its excellent script written by Edward Neumeier somewhat diminished by its poor budget and Jolene Blalock's horrendous lips, the former flaw not necessarily noticeable unless you nitpick. In the start of the film, the federation is a war hungry atheist state a la early communist China with propaganda/infomercial broadcasts and a ban on any religious worship that leads to "sedition" or "In any way destabilizes the war effort", executing rebels and dissidents in live hangings. From there, the film take the viewer on a wild ride: An attack on a military outpost and a group of survivors stranded on an infested planet, all leads to eventual revelations that help the federation rethink its military strategy in the war against the bugs, while the viewer can reflect on the implications. The film is backed by an excellent soundtrack composed by Klaus Badelt, some gratuitous nudity and the most romantic kissing scene you've ever seen in a science fiction film, ever. While the graphics feel a bit crap, action scenes are nevertheless entertaining, and the message behind the film is important. As long as you judge it beyond the merits of mindless entertainment, you will probably find it as funny, enjoyable and dare I say insightful an experience as I have.

swedzin I really enjoyed the first film. The second, well, after the second you know that the third one will suck big time. Take a look for yourself. Extremely low budget, ridiculous story, bad acting, ugly CGI... Now, Edward Neumeier who wrote all Robocop films, including TV series and more, brought us this despicable gem, which was... spiced with Christianity... wtf? Casper Van Dien, who is still appearing in these straight to DVD film, you can see that his acting career has failed. None of the actors did a good job, even Amanda Donohoe, she was just there for a tough chick commander role. There's nothing special to say about this film... really nothing, except that pretty much liked the part where chosen solders are launched in their "Marauder" armors and kicking the s**t out of bugs. Other things... nothing.For the end, the ugly thing - the Christianity. I don't understand... that was unnecessary in this film. Let alone in some futuristic film. There is a God in universe, we must marry in church, blah blah... That really irritated me. We also had a conflict between theist and atheist and in the end, the theist wins... whoopee! But, the theist chick was hot... so, I wasn't that irritated. So, 59% of the film comes down that there is a God in space... I really don't recommend this film to anyone. Well, if you are a Christian, you'll love it. Maybe.