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Starship Troopers 2 - Hero Of The Federation [2004]


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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review

Allowing for all the low-budget shortcomings that plague any straight-to-video production, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation serves up 92 minutes of passable SF action. Parlaying his veteran status as an animator, special-effects wizard, and stalwart survivor of the CGI revolution, Phil Tippett (with returning screenwriter Ed Neumeier) makes a woefully uninspired directorial debut with this makeshift sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 1997 blockbuster, retaining the jarhead militarism of Robert Heinlein's original novel while serving up more bugs, an all-new cast of attractive young stars and all-too-familiar plot elements borrowed from a dozen better movies.

"Bigger is better" is out of the question under such meagre budgetary circumstances, so Tippett and Neumeier compensate with gruesome bug fights and gross-out effects at regular intervals, some standard-issue nudity and escalating paranoia (echoing Carpenter's The Thing) when a new breed of bugs use human hosts (à la The Hidden) to overtake a stranded platoon of Federation soldiers on a bug-infested planet. Relying on murky confinement to hide nondescript sets, Starship Troopers 2 has three engaging leads in its favour: US TV regular Richard Burgi is solidly cast as the titular hero (he's the military equivalent of Pitch Black's Riddick); Colleen Porch is engaging as the most sensible Federation survivor; and screen veteran Ed Lauter makes the most of his salty role as a battle-hardened general. Unfortunately, they're adrift in a knock-off sequel (shot on high-def digital video) that could never do justice to its energetic predecessor. --Jeff Shannon


Not as good, but gives you something!
Review date: 2008-09-23 Rating: 6 out of 10

Ok, the first film was, in fairness, cheesy but awsome!
With clasic lines such as..
"God dam bugs whacked us Jonny"
"at least i got to have you.. cough cough..".. die..
and who can forget.. "MI made me into the man i am today" (he's got no arms or legs!!)
Put ontop of this brilliant writting there is:
plenty of semi naked women
things exploding
giant bugs getting shot
stupid MI getting munched
And that bird from "wildthings" (sadly not in the previous "naked lady" section)
So does the 2nd film have anything on the first:
Well, there are naked ladies.. cant stress this enough gents.
Bugs do get shot and splattered
MI do get munched
Things do explode
so on paper this should be mint... its not.
The plot is very predictable and the character development is very standard.
Whitty one liners are few and far between and your left with a real feeling of "i dont care about any of them, where's Jonny Rico??"
so mixed really, thus the 3 stars, if you love the first and are looking to watch the 3rd (yes, yes they did!!) then get involved, its not that much anymore and is a good laugh in a group.

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Should have been fired into the Sun
Review date: 2008-07-31 Rating: 2 out of 10

Starship Troopers 2 is one of those rare movies which is so god awful that it actually crosses the line into being entertaining in its own pathetic, floundering way. I've seen better movies on Mystery Science Theatre (a showcase for bad movies which ran from 89 to 99 in america), which isn't something I could say about every crap movie I've watched lately. Creep, the descent, War of the Worlds (2005) are all suddenly seeming rather decent compared to this pile of slop. Avoid it like the Black Death, unless you want a good chuckle, that is.

OH WHAT WERE THEY THINKING
Review date: 2007-10-26 Rating: 2 out of 10

What an insulting sequel to a brilliant film. This film must have a budget of around £2.50 and used scenes from the original film, hoping nobody had seen it. The story was non-existant and the acting more wooden than a park bench.

The makers of Starship Troopers must have fainted when presented with the worst sequel since The Bible Part 2.

Super Duper Troopers
Review date: 2007-07-18 Rating: 10 out of 10

Daft and violent yeah baby wooden actors bad efects just wat you want for a drunk night in with the boys!!!



Why the disrespect?
Review date: 2007-06-27 Rating: 6 out of 10

Ok, lets get this straight, Starship troopers (the film version) is supposed to be ludicrously cheesey, crammed full of corney one liners and grunts facing insurmountable odds - that's why troopers fans love it! Troopers 2 is not half bad. Ok so there's one set and the low budget shines through like a fire ball coming out of a bugs ass! However, i can name 10 sci-fi films that are worse of the top of my head - in fact i will: The recent 3 Star Wars; The vast majority of Star trek films; alien ressurection; That horrendous John travolta non-sense; Total recal; Alien Nation; Pitch Black. That's at least 10. Do you want to know more? Watch the film; in fact buy it! It's pretty damn good.

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Actor(s):
Cy Carter
Richard Burgi
Kelly Carlson
Billy Brown
Sandrine Holt

Creators:
Billy Brown (Primary Contributor)
Richard Burgi (Primary Contributor)
Christian Sebaldt (Cinematographer)
Phil Tippett (Producer)
Louise Rubacky (Editor)
Edward Neumeier (Producer)
Edward Neumeier (Writer)
Glenn S. Gainor (Producer)
Jon Davison (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
EAN: 5035822514232
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2004-05-10
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 88 minutes
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