Starship Troopers

  • 1997


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$ 121 Million
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Positive Reviews 30
Negative reviews 15
Average Rating 3.0/5
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2.0
This monster combat epic is bloody, amoral, and I wont deny it sensationally exciting. EW
2.5
The action sequences are heavily laden with special effects, but curiously joyless. Rogerebert
3.0
Its certainly not for everyone, but it has become something of a cult classic, and older teens may be interested. Common Sense Media
3.0
Starship Troopers, a classic summer blockbuster inexplicably displaced to mid autumn, answers this timeless question with goofy charm, high camp flamb ..
3.0
Utter stupidities and other scientific impossibilities litter the script like trooper body parts . . . the film does something right E Film Critic
4.0
As Starship Troopers becomes, essentially, a war picture, it loses some of its fascination.But it remains unique. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
This is powerful entertainment that appeals to our most basic instincts. San Francisco Chronicle
1.5
I dont think youll get much bang for your money out of this sophomoric satire. Sover
3.8
Nevertheless, taken on its own terms, the movie entity Starship Troopers offers an enjoyable two hours. ReelViews
3.8
While it never quite reaches the depths of flat out badness (unlike its truly atrocious sequel), the movie remains surprisingly uninvolving despite th .. Reel Film Reviews
2.5
There is almost no substance beneath the glossy surface of this film. Lariat
1.5
The one two punch delivered by Showgirls and the directors latest effort offers compelling evidence that, at least on the big screen, lightning can st .. Film Journal International ..
1.3
Starship Troopers is a nonstop splatterfest so devoid of taste and logic that it makes even the most brainless summer blockbusters look intelligent. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
0.5
The acting by all concerned makes the cast of Melrose Place look like the Royal Shakespeare Company, as statuesque model types bark out lines like Eve .. Internet Reviews
1.0
In 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 c .. Internet Reviews
4.4
The battle scenes are phenomenal, both for the realistic and clever special effects and for the humor. Internet Reviews
3.8
As a brainless bubblegum movie, its an exhilarating adrenaline rush. Internet Reviews
1.5
Its too bad that Starship Troopers didnt get the respect it deserved.It should have been a much better movie.
3.5
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4.5
Its a fond joke, perfectly executed, and it sets the stage for a thrilling adventure. Eye For Film
3.1
More prudish viewers may find the bloody action repugnant, but the gruesome, almost cartoonish, nature of the violence is exactly what makes Verhoeven .. Mr Brown Movies
3.5
A jaw dropping experience, so rigorously one dimensional and free from even the pretense of intelligence its hard not to be astonished and even mesmer .. Calendar Live
3.0
Verhoevens outrageous sci fi epic piles on layers of commentary about the nature of militarization in a story about young and lovely high school gradu .. Coles Mithey
5.0
Starship Troopers functions as a visually dazzling science fiction action picture, a philosophical challenge, and a hilarious, incisive comedy. Groucho Reviews
0.0
A daunting thought, to be sure.But for now I just want my two hours back. Spliced Wire
4.4
Our side needs you; all your friends will be joining up; its the best way to prove yourself a man; and besides, this is history in the making.Being th .. Movie Habit
3.0
Though the movies internal logic is a bit shaky (machine guns are the futuristic weapons for exterminating giant bugs), this mammoth production is the .. E Online
4.0
Despite director Paul Verhoevens discernible admiration for brutality, theres a goofiness to even the most blood curdling attack sequences.
4.5
The background of all this is one of the most openly satirical films of a director who has never lost his sense of humor.
3.0
Its still a dumb movie with pretty, wooden actors, but 20 years on Starship Troopers has more ambition than it was given credit for. The Filmy Ap
2.0
I dont think youll get much bang for your money out of this sophomoric satire. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.0
With its nightmarishly ineffective underwear models anchoring a teen soap casting mentality, Starship Troopers has already played one of its two bigge .. Alternate Ending
4.5
Here the bestial brutality of US imperialism is shown from the inside. Bfi
4.0
Paul Verhoevens satiric, 1997, sci fi, war movie romance is admittedly an acquired taste. Movie Metropolis
0.5
A legend: Mary Ellis, one of the last women pilots from World War II, dies at 101 Mary Ellis, one of the last surviving female aviators from the Unite .. Rochester Goes Out
2.0
Yet his spot on replication of both barking war movie dialogue and trademark love story moments nonetheless gives the film an entertaining cheesiness. Nicks Chager
3.5
Just enjoy the fun of watching Neil Patrick Harris in his audition for Apt Pupil and roll with it, baby. Need Coffee
2.0
But, if youre in the mood for some escapist entertainment, the bad acting and ludicrous elements of the story are part of the fun. About Film
3.5
Enjoyable despite the little redemption it offers humankind, Troopers fits every Hollywood convention while simultaneously breaking each one. Apollo Guide
2.5
The battles hold some of the years greatest special effects (no small feat in an effects heavy year).However, theyre all style, no substance. Cine Matter
2.0
rship Troopers its moments, and its certainly not stupid. But there are only so many places the movie can go without tipping its hand, and Verhoeven s .. Deep Focus
4.5
I do recall the day after 9/11 thinking, Why is Dubya lit like Sky Marshal Tehat Meru now Thats why Starship Troopers director Paul Verhoeven and writ .. Nashville Scene
4.5
For fans of: Monster, Notes On A Scandal Muriels Wedding (1994) This cult Australian comedy drama features a brilliant, breakthrough performance from .. NME
4.5
Its 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.
1.5
A good deal of the fun in this picture springs from the fact that while these perky actors are part of Verhoevens joke, theyre not exactly in on it.
4.0
It is pure Verhoeven broad, brash and ultraviolent, and all up there on the screen. Empire Online
4.0
In its early scenes, Troopers is basically a goofy high school movie, complete with love triangles, a big game, and a school dance (and sex) after. On .. Vice
1.5
Its a world you feel youre living in, and thats an enormous aspect of making large scale genre cinema work. Giant Freakin Robot



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