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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Phil Tippett |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2004 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound |
| TYPE: | Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396018488 |
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Customer Reviews of Starship Troopers 2 - Hero of the Federation
Maybe 3 stars would be enough... ... but I'm giving it one more to try and rise the average. Well, I belive there are truly some bad movies out there, but I think most times people don't like a movie it's becouse they have the wrong expectations. Were the people that rated this picture so low expeting to see a David Lynch film? (maybe I went too far there....)
IMHO this is a perfectly good sci-fi/war movie, never boring and with much much better visual effects than I expected after reading the avobe mentioned reviews. There's nothing new or revolutionary about it, it's just a decent genre B-movie, quite well done. You know, mostly good looking actors, some truly creepy moments, some black humor moments, and fun in general.
If you're a fan of the original 'Starship Troopers', you just have to remind yourself of some things: this is a DTV movie, so don't expect gigantic action set pieces. Also, this is a more straight movie, the constant irony the first one had going on underneath it's not present this time, except at the ending, where the 'message' is put across leaving no doubt about where the heart of the movie (and its filmmakers, I guess) is.
About the dvd: If you're worried about the movie being shot in digital video, don't be, you won't notice the difference, it plays like celluloid.
Well, as you probably guessed I don't write English very well, I'm spanish and learning (and wrote without consulting a dictionary too!), so I'm sorry if I bugged someone in that regard.
Thanks
Very good!
The film is very interesting, more horror than action adventure. The effects look great, much better than in 8 Legged Freaks. The good 'ol warriors are back and there are also these new creepy bugs.
The main hero is played by the guy who was in The Sentinel. I think I saw him in a couple of other movies, but here he really shines. See, he plays this anti-hero, John Wayne kind of guy. Very good. The other actors are ok (especially this psychic and the pony-tail girl), but I think there are too many heroes in that movie anyway, if you know what I mean.
The strong point is music. I think it's not the music from the first movie, but great anyway. There are a few very catchy tunes...
But the absolutely best thing about this movie is its 'grand finale'. The visuals are fantastic. Indeed very cool. I like the look of Warriors in their "angry mode" :-P. They look and sound absolutely terrific.
All to all I think SST2 is a clever extent of the first film. I don't get it why this movie went straight to dvd. It's a lot better than most of theatrical releases.
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.