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Rating:  -
The title of this review says it all.
I could overlook the less than good acting, the less than realistic special effects and the blatant Christian proselytizing if this movie had a script that contained believable dialog and situations.
The movie starts out in a fashion much like the original Starship Troopers from 1997, with the somewhat sarcastic faux television/webcast like commercials. There is an exception though, this time the Federation seems even more totalitarian than in 1997's Starship Troopers.
After the faux commericials, we take up action on a farming planet called Roku San, where the Mobile Infantry defends an ungratiful farming colony. Colonel Johnny Rico, reprised by Casper Van Dien, is the commander of the MI troopers at Roku San.
The poor acting and poor special effects start off right off the bat, and it doesn't get better. The bugs are so obviously blue screens, props and very bad computer effects. It really boggles the mind that in 2008 someone would actually put out something with special effects this poorly done.
Casper Van Dien tries only so-so to capture that feel of the original, and Jolene Blalock, as Captian Lola Beck a former friend/lover of Johnny Rico, seem to forget she's not a Vulcan on Enterprise. Her acting was downright emotionless. Then the other star of the movie (I use the term 'star' lightly.) is Boris Kodjoe, who plays General Dix Hauser, the current love interest of Capt. Beck.
The whole plot was illogical and predictable. All I have to do is start with the premise that Sky Marshal Anoke was somehow able to access the power generators on Roku San, thus shutting down the electric fence and letting the bugs into the base. We don't learn this until later in the movie, but it's just a small example of the pure idiocy of the plot, because this fence was critical to the very survival of the colony, so it seem quite illogical that there weren't multiple redundancies and safe guards against someone either accidentally or purposely shutting it down. After all, there was a near insurgent population of farmers on the base.
In the end, this movie lost me with the entirely unbelievable plot and poor dialog. It was due to this that I wasn't able to overlook the bad acting and rotten special effects. Many time I am able to overlook these things with most "B" grade sci-fi, if the plot can suspend disbelief.
Just like the Alien franchise, I hate seeing a potentially good franshise ran into the ground like this.
Rating:  -
First let me say that the rating system of 5 stars does not really allow for the wide spectrum of movies being made. Most people, (myself included), tend to give five stars to movies we like. What about the movies we love, or movie classics. On a fair rating system I would only give STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 a three star rating, but to do that when I really enjoyed watching it seems wrong. So here I am giving a good movie four stars when it really fits in to the middle group of acceptable SF films out there. But is it fun? Yes.
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Ok, what I just don't get is how is it possible for a movie, even if it is direct to DVD to be so bad?
Surely it has to have a bigger budget than most television shows... And yet, it looks like it was made on a shoe string budget!
What I'm talking about here is Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.
I loved the first movie that came out in 97. I didn't much care for the sequel which of course was direct to video. But then again, it was exactly what I expected. After all, it was made on a low budget and it showed.
And it was more of a horror movie than something that belonged in the Starship Trooper's universe. But, I digress.
Now take a television series like, oh I don't know... Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, hell even Battlestar Galactica (the re-envisioning, not the original). Each episode must have a minuscule budget compared to that of Marauders... and yet even a season opener or Finale looks a thousand times better!
Could someone explain that to me?
As per usual here is my disclaimer. I will not give away any spoilers other than what you can see on the trailers that you can find online and elsewhere.
WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS! I'll warn you in advance.
Ok, the movie is pretty simple. It's a giant bug hunt, with plenty of political satire thrown in for fun.
It doesn't work.
First spoiler, albeit a minor one.
The satire was well played in the first movie, and pretty much non-existent in the second movie. Well, they overdid it in this one.
Way too much.
Come on, hangings for being against the war? Speaking your mind? If that sort of thing happened for real, well, there would be out and out revolt and civil war. It was humours at times, but they really should have toned it down.
Anyhow, back to the bug hunt - there were plenty of bugs to be seen, and it wasn't too badly done, although you'd think that in the eleven years since the first movie that they would use computer technology to make the bugs look even BETTER than the original.
Nope. That wasn't the case. It wasn't bad, but come on; I've seen computer animation on the small screen that was better done. And the live interaction with the warrior bugs? Please... it was something right out of an 80's movie, but not as well done!
Oh, the acting was so over the top it was laughable. And not in a good way. I feel bad for Casper Van Dien - he was the worst of the bunch, but not by much. Shame that he's been delegated to pretty much nothing but direct to DVD movies...
Warning number 2, last spoiler directly ahead...
The only thing that I thought was kind of neat in the movie was the introduction of the Marauders... something that was sorely missed in the first movie. You know the thing that made Heinlein's novel a classic... the powered armour.
I have to say that is probably where the vast majority of the movie's budget went. Straight into the special effects for the Marauder sequence.
And even then it wasn't all that great. Computerized powered armour going up against hordes of alien bugs.
You want that sort of action, do yourself a favour and buy or rent the much better Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. A computer animated series that was out back in 1999.
Believe it or not, despite my trashing the movie, was wasn't that hard to watch. I guess I simply had high expectations and I was disappointed. After all, look at so many Canadian productions like the Stargate Franchise... you'd think that a direct to DVD movie would have that sort of quality.
It just isn't so.
As to the special features, it had your ever present commentary with director Ed Neumeier, and actors Casper Van Dien and Jolene Blalock. There was a truly horrible music video `it's a good day to die', as well as two featurettes - The Bugs of Starship Troopers 3 (which wasn't that bad, actually, kind of fun to watch), and Enlist, the Marauders mobile infantry. Sorry, but I didn't watch that one.
It's ok, it's worth renting if there isn't anything better to watch.
2 out of 5
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The movie was good but a lot of blood. My husband enjoys the starship movies.
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Aw, come on you science fiction fanatics! It's a B-Movie so rate it against other B-Movies and it earns 4 stars! Yes, I would have loved to have it made with the budget of the Transformers, but the studio didn't and should have. Yes, the 2nd movie in this series definitely bit the big one and deserved a big 1 rating...if that. But this little gem has action, corny lines, not too bad of special effects for their budget, and a very good plot! I loved it! Highly recommend to any fan of Starship Troopers genre!! The Maraders kicked #%@$!!! Make some more Trooper movies of this caliber and I'll be a happy camper!
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