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Starship Troopers is a 1997 horror, satirical, sci-fi, action, thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven. It was distributed by TriStar Pictures. It was based on the 1959 book of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein.

Plot
In the 23rd century, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's decently faithful to the 1959 book that was made by Robert A. Heinlein.
 * 2) Decent storyline.
 * 3) The CGI for the bigger bugs looks decent, which it decently terrifies the audiences, even in 1997 standards.
 * 4) Decent pacing.
 * 5) The scene where the troopers attacking the big bugs in the base is very epic.
 * 6) Decent acting, especially for Casper Van Dien, and Neil Patrick Harris.
 * 7) Decent directing by Paul Verhoeven, who was the same director that he directed the film RoboCop.
 * 8) Nice cinematography.
 * 9) The soundtrack is amazing, and suspenseful by Basil Poledouris.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The film didn't age well, and thus the film is never understood at all.
 * 2) The bugs' death can be very gross-out to the audience.

Reception
The film receives mostly negative-to-positive reviews from critics, holding a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, while Metacritic scores a film a 51/100 rating and an IMDB scores a film a 7.2/10 rating.