
In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.
Leave your thoughts about Starship Troopers.
| USA TodayMike ClarkThis twisted space opera serves up carcasses in six-digit figures but is foremost a sendup for the ages. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseInsanely subversive...functions as a visually dazzling science-fiction action picture, a philosophical challenge, and a hilarious, incisive comedy. [Blu-Ray] |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsIt's not rocket science, but its cynicism is simultaneously smarmy and smart, exacting a cost for any pleasure you may take in its nasty-ass violence. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesIntellectually, I can't really condone that message, but I have to admit that this will be a guilty pleasure of mine for years to come. |
| NUVO NewsweeklyEdward Johnson-OttIn the hands of Verhoeven, the mammoth sci-fi battle flick is one of the most astonishingly bad films ever made, a monument to inept filmmaking on a colossal scale. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe battle scenes are phenomenal, both for the realistic and clever special effects and for the humor. |
| Detroit NewsSusan StarkMay just be the bug movie to end all bug movies. |
| San Francisco ExaminerGeorge PowellJingoistic politics are not proper or prudent in the pluralistic human society of the 1990s. It's much easier to assuage these baser urges by facing a real nonhuman enemy that just wants to kill you. War is gore. You or them. That message is the real strength of "Starship Troopers," although many may find it morally flawed. No matter, this is powerful entertainment that appeals to our most basic instincts. |
| Houston ChronicleBruce WestbrookThe most audacious pop-cultural amalgam since Star Wars. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe film's special effects are astonishing, but the most notable and unexpected thing is its tone. |