Starship Troopers 2 - Hero of the Federation

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Not terrible, but no good either [Posted on 2008-08-09]
This movie is not terrible. It is just a very bad sequel to an admittedly poor original film. Clearly the budget was very limited, so all the money went on what little special effects there were - and those effects were I guess, OK. What is wrong is just the whole way this movie was put together. You know a movie is bad when you notice the editting. Some scenes simply end, the screen goes black and 3 or 4 seconds later, another unrelated scene starts. Unanswered quesions just lie there and wriggle, like maggots in a carcass. Why did only one of the bad guys get nekkid? ( OK because she was the cutest, silly me ). Why was one of the soldiers a coward? How did one soldier revive herself only to blow her own brains out before she could tell Dax what the heck was going on? Why did Dax kill his commanding officer? Why did the bad guys at first seemingly cooperate against the bugs? Why was only one guy some kind of incubator? What was the thing with the fingers all about? Why does private Soda go all vampiric on the General's posterior, while the others never exhibit that behavior? Were we, or the good guys really supposed to see the significance in the bad guys all of a sudden having a sweet tooth? Or should that be "sweet teeth"?

Why was this ever made?

More Meat for the Grinder... [Posted on 2008-08-13]
My Rating: 1.5 out of 5

The Good Things
*One or two neat special effects and action scenes.
*Some blood and nudity for those who enjoy that sort of thing.
*Remains mostly true to the concepts of the first movie.

The Bad Things
*Very low-value production. Many special effects, props, and sets look completely fake.
*Dull photography.
*The storyline is dull, uninteresting, and doesn't really continue with anything from the first film.
*For that matter, it plays out more like a horror flick than a military sci-fi war movie.
*The characters are dull and uninteresting. Acting and writing are dull.
*Probably not for the squeamish.

What can I say? This sequel is immensely unremarkable, forgettable, and dull. I doesn't even resemble a "Starship Troopers" movie; it's more like a really bad version of "Alien" or something. It's good for maybe one or two thrilling scenes of blood, nudity, or sub-standard special effects. But for the most part, this is a dud.

The DVD has okay video and sound quality, and contains a few featurettes. The Blu-Ray version is a little better in quality, but has a lot of graininess in some parts.

JUST ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE... [Posted on 2008-09-09]
I can only say....don't pick it up, rent it, buy it, borrow it, or steal it.....it is so horrible and painful to watch I nearly cried. I believed they'd just killed a franchise I learned to love since first watching the animated series. I can't say anything else about this trash.....

An absolute abomination i didnt watch more than the first 10 min [Posted on 2008-10-31]
No special effects, horrible acting i actually only watched the first 15 min then started watching my kittens play with a ball for about 10 min then i just stopped watching it altogether. Looks like something that comes out of brand new actors, and a brand new director with no budget. You get the picture.

Even the Comic Book guy would say, "Worst episode EVER!" [Posted on 2008-11-22]
Starship Troopers, the book, was a great story by Robert Heinlein. Here's what I wrote in my review of it:

"This Robert Heinlein novel about a future Army Mobile Infantry recruit going through boot camp and into space battles is not so much about blasting multi-armed "bugs" into oblivion, but rather about the philosophical and ethical debates regarding military indoctrination and earning the right to call yourself a citizen. ...I had watched the Starship Troopers movie (liked it) and Starship Troopers II (on the top 50 list of worse movies ever). The book is less action, more intellectual debate."

So I repeat myself here. The book? Recommended. The first movie? Entertaining. And this bomb, Starship Troopers 2? Don't even think about giving it to somebody you are not fond of. This would be premeditated assault! No relevance to the original story, minimal connection to the movie, and... bad acting. Be warned! Robert Heinlein is rolling in his grave!

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