Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a 1997 horror, satirical, sci-fi, action, military 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 Fights Bugs

 * 1) It's decently faithful to the 1959 book that was made by Robert A. Heinlein, which it succeeds into an action-packed killer bug war film that at least didn't recycle the elements from Aliens, nor do to Star Wars.
 * 2) The concept about the space troopers going to invade into a bug planet of insectoid species known as "Arachnids" is pretty creative.
 * 3) At least the story makes a lot of scenes, for the most part, and it's pretty decent, for the most part.
 * 4) The CGI for the bigger bugs looks decent, which decently terrifies the audiences, even in 1997 standards.
 * 5) Decent pacing.
 * 6) Likable characters, such as Casper Van Dien as Pvt./Cpl./Sgt./Lt. John "Johnny" Rico, Dina Meyer as Pvt. Isabelle "Dizzy" Flores, etc..
 * 7) The scene where the troopers attacking the big bugs in the base is very epic, making it one of the iconic scenes in the entire film.
 * 8) BUUUUUGS!!!
 * 9) Good acting, especially for Casper Van Dien, and Neil Patrick Harris.
 * 10) Paul Verhoeven, who was the same director that he directed the film RoboCop did a good job directing the movie.
 * 11) Nice cinematography.
 * 12) The soundtrack is amazing, and suspenseful by Basil Poledouris.

Buggy Qualities

 * 1) The acting can be a bit wooden at times throughout.
 * 2) There are some extremely dumb moments throughout the movie.
 * 3) The CGI did age very badly by today's standards.
 * 4) Johnny Rico's parents are unlikable characters in the start, but at least they gave their comeuppance when they saw a bug meteor, thus killing them.

Reception
The film receives mostly negative reviews from American critics upon its release, however, the reception to mostly positive reviews in retrospect, and it was considered to be the best films of the 1990s, holding a 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 68 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's consensus is: "A fun movie...if you can accept the excessive gore and wooden acting.", while Metacritic scores a film a 51/100 rating, while IMDB scores a film a 7.2/10 rating.

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Trivia

 * The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven, who was the same director that he directed RoboCop.