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Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers
Directed by Paul Verhoeven

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #14209 in DVD
  • Released on: 1998-05-20
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  • Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Original language: English, French
  • Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 130 minutes

Editorial Reviews

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In the first and finest RoboCop movie, director Paul Verhoeven combined near-future science fiction with a keen sense of social satire--not to mention enough high-velocity violence to satisfy even the most voracious bloodlust. In Starship Troopers, Verhoeven and RoboCop cowriter Ed Neumeier take inspired cues from Robert Heinlein's classic sci-fi novel to create a special-effects extravaganza that functions on multiple levels of entertainment. The film might be called "Melrose Place in Space," with its youthful cast of handsome guys and gorgeous women who look like they've been recruited (and in some cases they were) from the cast of Beverly Hills 90210. Viewers might focus on the incredible, graphically intense action sequences (definitely not for children) in which heavily armed forces from Earth go to off-world battle against vast hordes of alien "bugs" bent on planetary conquest. The attacking bugs are marvels of state-of-the-art special-effects technology, and the space battles are nothing short of spectacular. But Starship Troopers is more than a showcase for high-tech hardware and gigantic, flesh-ripping insects. Recalling his childhood in Holland during the Nazi occupation, Verhoeven turns this epic adventure into a scathingly funny satire of fascist propaganda, emphasizing Heinlein's underlying warning against the hazards of military conformity and the sickening realities of war. It's an action-packed joy ride if that's all you're looking for, but Verhoeven has a provocative agenda that makes Starship Troopers as smart as it is exciting. The DVD includes an above-average commentary by the director and Neumeier, several deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes documentary and promotional featurette, cast bios, production notes, and more. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Starship Troopers-For Patriots and Citizens Only5
Besides the fact that the title of my review has nothing whatsoever to do with my opinion of this film I thought Starship Troopers was an outstanding sci-fi movie which obviously and (I believe) intentionally oversimplifies the position it appears to take on the value of being a "true soldier".

I really didn't know at the time I saw the movie anything about its origins and thought the political background was a simple construct assembled for the sake of the movie. It was so simply stated that I trust most viewers didn't take it too seriously. I don't know what the writers may have believed, but as far as the film was concerned it came on as a science fiction movie from start to finish.

Nobody should read too much into the politics and just enjoy the great action, outstanding special effects and competent acting. I rate this movie at 5+ stars and hope to see the likes of it again.

I also felt that the CGI images were enormously original on a scope which has been achieved only by a few sci-fi movies. In addition, the basic design and CGI effects for the warrior bugs were absolutely outstanding and (for my money) only surpassed by Giger's vision for the Alion.

Terrific movie 5
Enjoyed it immensely. It did not follow the book by Heinlein, But it was a good action movie

I hate this movie, I really do1
Leaving aside the fact that it represents itself as a movie version of a classic sci-fi novel, this is quite possibly one of the worst movies ever to come out of Hollywood. It mixes human wave assaults against faceless enemies with poor story line and non existent character development. If you loved the book you'll hate this move. If you hated the book you still may hate this movie unless you're watching it to reaffirm your belief that all soldiers are knuckle dragging idiots that should be sequestered from society and disposed of, preferably by a giant cg monster.


One of the worst movies I've ever seen. It takes a thought provoking book and throws out everything but these things: The main character is named Johnny, the bad guys are called bugs, Johnny is in the Mobile Infantry.

I'm told that the Director was in the Dutch Marines and so I really expected better then Nazi human wave attacks in space. My guess is that either the Dutch Marines are less professional then my local boyscout troop or the Director has a very low opinion of the Military and the type of person who would willingly join.