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Release Date
• USA: Nov 7, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 16, 1998
• R2: 11 Jun 2001
Budget $95,000,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for graphic sci-fi violence and gore, and for some language and nudity.
Running Time
2 hours, 9 minutes
Country USA
Studio Sony Pictures Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, TriStar
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Other Titles
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Hviezdna pechota
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Futuristic, Aliens, Military, Space, Bugs, Campy, Satire, Tragedy, Black Comedy, Gore, Courtroom, Robots, Psychic
Tagline: Prepare for Battle
Plot: Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (TOTAL RECALL, ROBOCOP) mixes big budget bug bashing with twisted satire of old Hollywood movies in this adaptation of Robert Heinlein's classic sci-fi novel. It's the future, Earth is at war, and the kids are all going off to fight giant killer bugs on the remote planet of Klendathu. Casper Van Diem, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, and Patrick Muldoon play some of the blandly attractive young recruits who engage in soap-opera style love triangles as they toughen up and learn to fight (and die) like soldiers. Michael Ironside is their gung-ho, one-armed leader. The real stars though, are the superbly animated bugs. Packed to the rafters with jaw-dropping special effects and insane violence, the film managed to be a box office hit though it undoubtedly left some audiences confused at Verhoeven's slyly deadpan humor. By the time Neil Patrick Harris (TV's Doogie Howser) starts marching around in a Gestapo-style uniform, for example, it will be apparent this isn't STAR WARS. What it is however, is a rousing experience for mature viewers in the properly ironic frame of
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A cast of mostly unknowns does a good job and the effects are top-notch. The only real problem is that it could've been a tad shorter and would've been better for it. ... Not too heavy on brains but it makes up for it with plenty of bravado brawn. Recommended.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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