Starship Troopers (UK)
Prepare for battle
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 124 mins
Retail Price: £15.99
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Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
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The Federation needs you for an urgent do-or-die mission in `Starship Troopers`, the ultimate sci-fi action thriller from the director of Total Recall... hailed for its mind-blowing special effects and amazing futuristic settings! The new millennium brings man face to face with the deadliest enemy of all... an intelligent race of alien bugs, some thirty feet tall, some that fly and all capable of destroying every living thing on Earth!
That`s where brave young freedom fighter Johnny Rico comes in. While Johnny trains in an elite infantry unit, his stunning girlfriend Carmen becomes a top fighter pilot - but is seduced by a suave flight instructor! Join their mission to the aliens` home planet where an all-out intergalactic war is about to begin and with the future of mankind on the line.
Epic filmmaking and jarring action sequences that put you in the middle of it all make `Starship Troopers` the definitive space-age adventure thriller in this or any universe!
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Interactive Menus
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Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Dolby Digital 5.1 Italian
Directed By:
Paul Verhoeven
Written By:
Edward Neumeier
Robert A. Heinlein
Starring:
Michael Ironside
Patrick Muldoon
Seth Gilliam
Clancy Brown
Neil Patrick Harris
Jake Busey
Denise Richards
Dina Meyer
Casper Van Dien
Casting By:
Johanna Ray
Elaine J. Huzzar
Soundtrack By:
Basil Poledouris
Director of Photography:
Jost Vacano
Editor:
Caroline Ross
Mark Goldblatt
Costume Designer:
Ellen Mirojnick
Production Designer:
Allan Cameron
Producer:
Phil Tippett
Edward Neumeier
Alan Marshall
Stacy Lumbrezer
Frances Doel
Jon Davison
Distributor:
TriStar Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
This is a great film with a great story which although a little blunt at times keeps the viewer involved. It is only a shame that they did not bother to take the same quality to the DVD.
The video transfer is very good. There are no compression signs and the CG looks awesome. Actually, it is occasionally superior even compared to more recent movies. Yeah, that good. Alas, this disk is a flipper.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is very good. the surrounds are constantly used for bugs` noises (and quite a lot of them).
The menus are all still and silent.
The disk contains no extras whatsoever.
Bottom line - a very enjoyable movie, which is presented in a pretty awful disk.
Two remarks:
1. Van Dien was 29 when the movie was shot and in no way can he pass as a high school graduate.
2. The shower scene alone is enough to make the movie R rated and not PG-13 rated, and that`s without mentioning the CG violence throughout the rest of the movie.