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Starship Troopers

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 9m
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  • 52

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Producer:

Jon Davison, Alan Marshall

Writer:

Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein

Release Date:

Nov 7, 1997

Runtime:

2hr 9m

Synopsis

Humans in a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.

Cast

  • Casper Van Dien
  • Dina Meyer
  • Denise Richards
  • Jake Busey
  • Neil Patrick Harris
  • Clancy Brown
  • Seth Gilliam
  • Patrick Muldoon
  • Michael Ironside
  • Rue McClanahan

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Metacritic

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Based on 20 Critics
8.7

USER SCORE (550)

Universal acclaim based on 550 Reviews
20

It's exactly like Star Wars -- if you subtract a good story, sympathetic characters, intelligence, wit and moral purpose.

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Metacritic review by Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
50

Faithfully represents Heinlein's militarism, his Big Brother state, and a value system in which the highest good is to kill a friend before the Bugs can eat him. The underlying ideas are the most interesting aspect of the film.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
50

Paul Verhoeven's movie takes more action than ideas from Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel, which is just as well, considering the book's goofy suggestion that military veterans should control society from top to bottom.

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Metacritic review by David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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