Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (DVD)

Now, the first Starship Troopers movie was in my eyes highly underated, as its darkly comic edge was quite simply fantastic. The 2nd movie was atrocious i felt, and a huge let down, so with this one, i simply crossed my fingers that it would be watchable. What i got was a movie that although in many ways it is awful, it was also a SLIGHT return to form. Plot- Quite far into the future, there is a massive battle between bug like aliens and humanity that spans across many plannets. In the middle of this fight is Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) a war hero and a colonel, who is part of a garrison on an outlining plannet which is bug infested. Though one day, ...  Read the complete review

I was quite excited when i heard that part 3 was being made of this series. Part 1 was amazing and part 2 was ok but part 3 is..... Terrible!! Rumors were rife on the net that all the plot holes and bad acting from part 2 have been fixed and that this will bring the franchise back. They were wrong. The only thing that is back is Casper Van Diem who played Rico in the 1st part as was missed in its sequel. Saying that though it does seem that he has also forgotten how to act in this straight to DVD movie. Here is some background on the movie : This film is based 11 years after part 2 , the army have "improved" ...  Read the complete review

It might have Paul Verhoven's name on it. It might have Casper Van Diem making a welcome return as Johnny Rico. It might have Jolene Blalock adding the sci-fi clout of both Star Trek - Enterprise & Stargate SG1. It might even have Amanda Donahoe looking as hot as hell & playing an awesomely bad leader (Admiral Enolo Phid). But it's still awful. It was released straight to dvd (always a bad sign), it has incredibly rubbish new bugs (the attack of one which I debunked in seconds, the god awful Bomb Bug). For lots of the movie it plays up its camp appeal, it has its tongue firmly in its cheek far too often to be taken seriously by any ...  Read the complete review