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Worth renting, not worth owning.
Honestly, I'm pretty easy going on movies. As long as it's entertaining, I'm game. So even tho this was a direct to video movie, I figured what the hell, give it a shot. Well, if you take out the few shots of the big bugs, someone would have to tell you your watching a Starship Troopers movie. Really, there is no resemblance to the first one so don't get your hopes up. It's not to bad for a low budget film, but unfortunately there's no mystery or suspense to it. All through it you know who's infected and you know what's going to happen. On the bright side tho, some of the acting was pretty decent, and the special effects were better then other low budget films, so if your looking for a simple no thought action flick, this is a renter at best. Just don't expect it to be anything like the original

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ALIENS MEETS THE HIDDEN... LET THE FUN BEGIN :)
First off, let's get real here, Starship Troopers, the original opus from Paul Verhoven, wasn't the greatest sci-fi movie ever made. That said though, it was a fun jaunt, and worth the time to watch it.

Now, with Starship Troopers 2, if you're looking for the overly cliché, overly special effecy (to compensate for the silly story, would be my guess; "man this story is kinda lame... Oh, look at the perdy special effect bug guts'n explotions'n stuff... Now, what was it that I was sayin' about the story...?") movie, that was the first movie, then yep, you'll be sorely disappointed. Instead, what this movie gives you is more of a gritty, in the trenches story, about a handful of survivors on a bug planet, where the bug war (contrary to the propaganda being shoved down the humans on Earth's, throat) is going quite badly, who suddenly find that all is not what it seems in their little group, and that the bugs aren't as "Dumb" as they would like to believe (won't say any more, so as not to spoil the fun).

I was quite amazed at the amount of special effects that where created for this movie, considering that it is a straight to video release (with no word ever expressed, during the behind the scenes stuff, that this was ever intended to be, anything but). Granted, compared to the first film, this one looks quite stinchy in it's effects count, but where as the first film relied quit heavily on the effects to make up for story holes, and just about every other problem with the film, ST2, plays out a bit more like a classic sci-fi/horror, with the effects used to advance the story at the proper moments, and not in your face, the whole time, allowing for the story to shape, and the characters to fill in the gapes.

Oh, and contrary to what other viewers might have said, there actually are a few familiar faces in this movie, familiar to those of us who watch a lot of sci-fi stuff, and though, not big name players, still quite solid actors, giving nice little performances, all the same.

This film will never win any big awards, but, it's just the kind of movie to pop in on a Saturday night, and have some fun with.

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A familiar name....a dissapointing sequal
The first Starship Troopers had it's flaws for sure, but was still solid, well made, and quality enough to build a cult following. But this "Screen Test" of a movie does the storyline nor concept any sense of justice. From a cast no larger than 20 total (including all extra's), to the OVER use of fog and close ups to hide the lack of sets, this movie was a dissapointment for me all across the board. The only thing that saved this movie from complete dissaster was a few of the rock solid actors that were good enough to still carry the story. The fact that they re-used an actor who's character died in the first SST blew my mind at first, but then she turned out being one of the better of the film. Not to mention, the battle scenes in the first were epic, and SST1 still holds the record for most ammunition used in a feature film...as this one, uses flashes of blue light at the end of the plastic rifles. The lack of human bodies was also depressing, 20 people does not an army make...I need extra's, nameless army peons, but for this you gotta believe these 10-15 people are it, the whole bug quarantine invasion force. Honestly, I could nitpick forever on this films flaws, but all I need to convay is that you should not purchase this movie on the quality of the first film, because even the Sci-Fi channel has higher standards than were set in this deppressing sequal.