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3/10
the only surprise was that I watched it to the end
chrismorton16 July 2008
I don't know why I kept watching to the end, but I did anyway and it really wasn't worth my (or anyone else's for that matter) time.

you don't need a big budget to make a good film, but it's impossible to hide a bad one with a small budget and this one must have had a REALLY small budget.

I was surprised to see Jolene Blalock's name attached to this being a star trek fan I thought she might bring something to the movie, but I'm starting to understand why she was cast as an emotionally void Vulcan in Enterprise. I'd also read comments about the state of her lips and thought it was just internet geeks going overboard, but they are really big now, significantly moreso than in her trek role, I think she needs to ease off on the collagen before they take over her face, they're starting to look like she was beaten up.

the SFX would have embarrassed the Red Dwarf crew at times they were so bad. For an example of how bad it gets check out the scene on the ship at warp where the view out the window isn't even CGI but some space scene on a long roller rolled past the window really quickly with the same repeating pattern over and over. I honestly don't think I've seen that done since the 70's! even the bug CGI is barely up to video game standards and not a patch on the original (which is 11 years old (1997) now and still looking much better than anything in ST3).

seriously guys, if you don't have the budget to make it properly, just don't make it at all, for your own sakes as professionals as well as for the sake of your fans. didn't you learn anything from ST2?
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1/10
A disaster of epic proportions
eddyh198011 August 2008
Casper Van Dien and Jolene Blalock must've really, really needed the money to get involved with this piece of crap of a flick. I was shocked and awed by the terrible everything. How this movie came into existence is beyond my comprehension. Abandon all hope, this movie is the Antichrist of Starship Troopers 1. Why? First, the script was written by a ten year-old. Second, the special effects are worse than Star Trek TNG season 1. Third, the acting was as bad as community theater. This movie ranks up there with all the other B movie pieces of sh!t. I hope Casper and Jolene have a career after this. I'm thinking they probably wished they hadn't gotten involved in the first place.
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2/10
Oh my GOD What Happened
adamcarlton26 July 2008
I'm already wondering, minutes after the credits rolled why i kept watching. Maybe it's just cos i was expecting it to get better and it never did. Maybe its cos i was waiting for the great action and gore scenes i saw back in Starship Troopers 1.

Where to begin with the bad? What stands out most is the incredibly, laughably and undeniably the worst special effects I've seen in any film made in the past 10 years. Starship Troopers 1 was light years ahead of this. The scene where the Q-Bomb takes out the bug planet actually made me think "WTF" and burst out laughing. I could have done a better effect in MS Paint.

The acting was bearable but still not fantastic. I like Casper Van Dien but the other characters i was happy for them to die and wanted it to come but they NEVER DIED IN A DECENT WAY. Almost every bug kill was off-screen, clearly because they didn't have the budget for the gore and effect. I just wanted to see some limbs flying off soldiers and crap like that from ST1. All i got was off-screen munching and cheap screams. I mean what the hell? The film was just poor .. Nothing at all seemed realistic and i wanted everybody to die. I was rooting more for the bugs than anything else. The story was just dire and if they could kill 10,000 bugs by building a few kitted-out robots it makes you wonder why they didn't do that in the first place. My score is 2/10 .. 1 point cos it had Casper Van Dien in it and another cos its better than Starship Troopers 2.
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1/10
Ruins this franchise
diplomize1 September 2008
It's extremely hard to get into this movie because it's a farce. The director obviously did not try to do this inadvertently but the silly dialogue, poor acting, cliché plot, and other crummy elements completely ruin this movie.

I'm going to list a few disappointments for fellow readers. -This movie completely copies and overuses the propaganda advertising element from the first movie. -The actors obviously had little to no preparation for playing their role. The way the hold their guns, retreat, and physical appearance shows that the actors were picked up randomly from the streets and told to act. -Inappropriate dialogue. The things the actors say in the face of death makes you want to laugh. -Inappropriate acting. The situation and the way they act are completely uncorrelated. For example, in the face of death (a bug is right in front of their faces) the actors have arguments, they start to kiss as an entire PLANET is being blown up. -A general physically threatens an unarmed superior officer.

Frankly, I'm a fan of the first movie, Starship Troopers. The second movie was a failure, so I expected this third movie to be much better. I was terribly upset when I realized they utterly butchered this movie as well. I do not recommend spending any time or money on viewing this movie. Time can be better spent watching paint dry.
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1/10
Some one Kill Me!
mathiaslindwe15 July 2008
This was prob the worst peace of crap i have seen in a long time. The first movie was good, the second was bad and this one worse. I have seen better special effects in the first star wars movie. I know now why this one goes straight to Video.

I believed that this was a serious project when they dug up Casper Van Dien again. But no, his acting effort is not good at all. I have seen better acting in the plays you had in grade school. At the end they try to save the movie with some nudity, but no they fail on that part to.

If there is a price for worst one liners in a movie or worst special effects this movie will kill the other competitors.

I really suffered through this movie, so save your own life and don't watch it!
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5/10
Faith Is More Powerful Than Q-Bomb
claudio_carvalho20 October 2008
In the front-line of the Second Bug War in planet Roku San, the charismatic Sky Marshal Omar Anoke (Stephen Hogan) arrives with his assistant General Dix Hauser (Boris Kodjoe) in an starship piloted by his fiancée Captain Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock) and they are welcomed by their friend and hero of Planet P Colonel Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien). While Anoke inspects the facility protected by fences, Dix, Lola and Rico go to a bar to celebrate their reunion. However, Dix has an incident with the local farmers and arrests Rico for insubordination; meanwhile, there is a shut down in the defense fences and the bugs break into the facility. Lola and Anoke escape in the starship, but it crashes in Planet OM-1 and Lola, Anoke, Chief Bull Brittles (Stelio Savante), Jingo Ryan (Cokey Falkow), Dr. Wiggs (Danny Keogh) and the religious flight attendant Holly Little (Marnette Patterson) save themselves in a rescue pod. When Dix discovers that Admiral Enolo Phid (Amanda Donohoe) has no intention to rescue the survivors in the Arachnid Quarantine Zone, he assigns Rico in the Marauder Program to lead a squad with six other troopers to rescue Lola and Anoke.

"Starship Troopers 3: Marauder" is a reasonable entertaining, with good and also awful points. The good ones are the ironic Federal Network, with manipulative messages and brainwash of the citizens; Jolene "T'Pol" Blalock; and the story as a whole that is not bad. However, there are many stupid lines and dialogs; annoying characters and situations (the attitudes and behavior of the flawed Dix is totally incoherent, Holly Little and Jingo are irritating and Anoke is silly); and this exaggerated subplot of religion is never funny and does not work. The special effects are only reasonable and the set decoration is good. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Tropas Estelares 3" ("Starship Troopers 3")
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6/10
Not bad at all...heavily flawed though
alexanderwiebe22 July 2008
It was refreshing to see they reclaimed much of what made the first movie great when making Marauder. The filmmakers tried to copy the 'style' of the first movie, and in some aspects they succeeded. In others however, they failed miserably. Nevertheless, I think they put a lot of effort into the movie this time. For example, the federation broadcasts of the first movie were fantastic because they carried a lot of atmosphere and had so much subtle irony included. In the third movie, I think they overshot the mark a bit. There are a lot of broadcasts and they do a good job helping to create the film's atmosphere, but they are so openly ironic and sometimes it's almost comedy. One would think the officials are crazy to actually air that (Strongly in contrary to the first movie's broadcasts).

The story is not too bad. If you are willing to overlook some flaws you might find to like it. They even implemented a plot twist, which however was not very surprising at all. What I really could not stand was the needlessly exaggerated part about religion.

The cast is OK, but I think the filmmakers should have brought more old characters. It was nice to see Rico again; however it seemed the main characters were actually Lola and Dix instead of him. Dix's character also acts unreasonable on several occasions. And I found that the cast for the sky marshal was good, he has some charisma.

CGI effects are not very impressive. The bugs seem slightly worse animated than in 1997. So do explosions and the settings. The space ships and broadcasts look nice though.

Music is very average. Aside from the great song in the first broadcast there are no themes that would grab your attention. You would expect much much more of Klaus Badelt after his Pirates of the Caribbean score. Maybe he should have oriented his work more on the fantastic score of Basil Poledouris from the first movie. There is perhaps just one tiny little moment towards the end, where you would notice the music as great support for the scene. But once you notice it, its already over.

Writing this review I feel that there is actually not much positive to say in detail. But the composition of all these clearly average components is slightly better, because the atmosphere was right. It can be seen that this is in fact a Starship Troopers movie and not only shares the same name, as the second one did.
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8/10
A true Sequel to Starship Troopers
imdb-21125 August 2008
It's obvious to me that the makers of Starship Troopers 2 simply did not understand the original Starship Troopers movie. Starship Troopers was a great social satire, and is more relevant today than it ever was before. The makers of Starship Troopers 2 thought it was just a dumb war action flick and created their sequel based on that assumption.

But Starship Troopers was not a movie about a war; it was a movie about the society which waged this war.

The people who made Starship Trooper 3 did not make the same mistake. They understood the appeal and the message of Starship Troopers, ignored the abysmal second part, and made a true sequel, even expanding on a lot of the themes started in the original.

If you liked Starship Troopers but did not like the second part, give this one a try (and if you haven't seen part 2, simply assume that Starship Troopers 2 never happened and go straight to 3). You will not be disappointed.
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6/10
Too Far
soger18 July 2008
This movie could have been so good, to bad they screwed it up.

I like the idea of the Marauder Project but the CGI animating it is very weak. So is the bug animation. Even the first movie looked better than this one and that was made in '97. I would say the CGI in this movie is on the same level as Robocop 2 which was made 18 years ago.

The story is consistent and entertaining except for the last few minutes. I liked the heavy combats, the mysteries and the political twists. It was interesting to see how a few men in power can manipulate the "truth" if you give up democracy. For the most part the movie kept the tone and the intensity of the first one but then they had to ruin it with the religious crap and cheesy love scenes at the end.

My opinion is that they took it too far with the bugs. For example with the exploding grenade bugs that you see in the first few minutes. Also the bugs' strength is their short lifespan hence their ability to evolve quickly. So, in my opinion this is in direct contradiction with the big bugs that lives for a really long time. But I'm no biologist and this is not a documentary movie.

You can notice that I did not mention Starship Troopers 2. I don't know why people embarrass themselves with movies like ST2 (or even ST3) if they don't have the budget to make a decent movie. ST2 showed just a bunch of amateur actors reading script from the autocue.

So to sum it up I don't regret the 100 minutes spent watching the movie but it will definitely not go into my personal collection.
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4/10
Rico Returns in a very average third instalment
stephengraley16 July 2008
I am probably re-iterating the same as everyone else but yes the 1st Starship Troopers was fantastic, the 2nd awful and this is average, the only saving grace being the return of Johnny Rico (van Dein). I suppose it was too much to ask for the return of Denise Richards.

The plot, effects and acting are all pretty average. The movie also ripped off most of the first film with the TV adverts with the line (Do you want to know more) every 5 minutes, Troopers shouting It's a good day to die sir and some of the fight scenes although the cgi was not as good could have been cut directly from the original film.

However its far far far better than the second film which should have never been made. My only disappointment is that if the sequels were not going to be of the same standard as the first film, why bother making them !!!

4/10
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1/10
Stay Away From This !!!
gmail-411-2594281 July 2012
Because when you try to watch it, possibly you would have unbearable headaches or disgusting nausea and vomiting ! This is nothing but another bullshit example of the worst movies ever directed and invested on ! I can not understand why someone waste a lot of time to product and direct these kind of useless trash ? The plot and fiction are even worse so that I guess even the most patient movie watchers can bear only 15 or 20 minutes of this. The places are unclear and the role playings are very blurred and bluntly. It is very plenty of irritation to get into a confusion and confabulation because of what the screenplay exactly tells about. As a result, I ask from the readers of IMDb to keep away all of their family and fellows from this so-called movie !
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1/10
A Warner!
gustin_36927 November 2010
I just created an account to rate 1/10 and warn people. I had a repressed memory of the sequels of starship troopers and when me and a friend were talking about the worlds most horrible sequels... i remembered these, the starship troopers sequels.

If i hadn't repressed the memories of the mindblasting Terribleness (yes, i have to make up own words to describe them) of these movies I seriously fear that they would SCAR ME MENTALLY for life...

You must not see these movies, even if you love bad movies... really bad movies, DO NOT WATCH these sequels! I'm not hired by anyone to say this, I'm not doing it for own purposes, I'm doing it to help you!

All the best with life!
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10/10
Afternoon Delight
canadiancannibal20 July 2008
First things first: This was probably not what most people expected, including myself. Having relished the original film, endured the abortion of the second, and always finding solace in the book, I was ready to face this one head on. It was funny, really funny. After getting under the first layer of hilarity (mixed with appropriate amounts of red pulp), a scathing satire of current events emerged. For a movie that promised absolutely nothing, it delivered everything. No, the acting isn't that hot, but it wasn't trying to be more than it could be. Edward Neumeier succeeded in how he blended the hope and dire warnings of the original book, sprinkle it with hilarity, add a dash of zombie style violence, top it off with hot chicks and shower scenes, finally to be served in a bowl of parody based satire.

Thats enough for me.
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6/10
Well, not as good as the first, but much better than the second
mystemo24 June 2008
I tell ya I was dying to see this movie when I heard it was going to be released and it is a mixed bag. The Starship Troopers universe is explored in more detail - we see more of the Federation and their behind the scenes antics plus we also get to see what Rico is up to nowadays. You can tell Casper Van Dien has aged from the first movie, but he does such a good job in his role. You can tell his character has been amongst ongoing struggles and has such a commanding presence. And yes he gets his gear off once again (phew, I was hoping). The supporting cast is OK - the Admiral is excellently bitchy and authoritative and the Pilot was very tough and yet feminine, but the rest were merely bodies to fill the screen, in my opinion. The film does touch on a bit of this and a bit of that, but just falls short of feeling substantial, what the first film achieved so successfully. The special effects are adequate for the budget and often look quite OK - there are also a few gory moments for those into exploding heads and such. Probably the most disappointing aspect was not the fact that the ending was awfully soppy, clichéd and predictably going to lend itself for a sequel, but that the Marauder element was so miniscule that if you blinked you'd miss it (relative to the remaining bulk of the film). Hopefully in the next film they push the marauders more and don't get bogged down in too much unnecessary dialogue. But overall Starship Troopers 3 is a worthy watch and a decent followup to the other films. Thankyou for coming back to the series Casper, that's all I can say :)
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1/10
Awful.
swlit200116 July 2008
The second film in the ST series was nicely made little claustrophobic sci fi horror. CG was great for the budget level, as was the art direction, acting and wardrobe. A well made, well written little film. Marauder looks cheap. Terrible CG, uniforms that don't fit, bad green screen, obviously tiny sets. The writing is terrible. I want Edward Neumeier's agent! The only redeeming qualities are Jolene Blalock and Casper Van Dien who both deserve so much better. Why did Neumeier cast so Van Dien looks tiny in some of his best scenes? Van Dien gives a nice performance and Blalock is beautiful and likable even in a role without depth or sense. The bugs look terrible, too. Re-hire the guys who made 2 for 4, even if you have to pay them what they deserve!
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1/10
This is beyod bad
McGigi13 March 2021
For something to be THAT bad it has to be intentional. I cringed for an hour and a half to those dialogues, to that "religiousness awakening", to those actors who seemed to try their best to forget acting. OR - and that's where my dilemma begins - maybe that was, as I stated at the beginning, intentional. And if it was, it asks for a justice action.
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1/10
So bad! I'm a moron for buying this DVD.
Dr.Evil6 August 2008
I couldn't write after watching this movie last night. It was so bad it just left me with a big knot in my stomach. I had hoped like so many others that this would be a good sequel, and possibly resurrect the whole franchise, but now dead, dead, dead.

I'm hoping that my review might help at least one person from wasting their money. - Where do I start? First of all, the acting and the script was horrendous. Thumbs up for Casper Van Dien and Amanda Donohoe for their brave efforts. For 90% of the movie you're subjected to inane attempts at creating a plot. It's so pitiful. I swear this was written by a group of high school retards. I wish no one harm, but the Director/Writer "Edward Neumeier" should rot in you know where.

They've taken from me my hope. They've taken from me my dignity for even buying it. But worst of all, they've taken from me $26.00.

Has anyone out there ever been successful in having their money refunded. If so please contact me. Thanks rich@1974beetle.com
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7/10
not as good as the first...10x better than the second
panzersam21 July 2008
As most of us Starship trooper fans know, The first movie was brilliant(except no tanks). The people who did manage to find the second movie know it sucked. Now we come to the Third. Although its better than the second it doesn't match anywhere near as good as the first.

Jonney Rico is back along with some other big names. But the real disappointment was its overall making. It could have been so much better. SGI and bad acting played a big role in that. We do see the return of the Starships and large combat but the set is still small. It has some good fighting scenes and some dull moments but over all watchable.

So now we must wait. see if there will be number 4 and hope to God it will be high budget.
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6/10
Enjoyable, not the greatest but decent movie
djeb200415 January 2010
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Hmm, well I'll start with the good. There was quite a bit of good in this movie. A great starship troopers movie. Like Casper Van Dien says in the making of the movie, this is the true sequel to starship troopers. Casper Van Dien reprises his role as John Rico. He plays the role great, maybe even better than the first film. Supporting lead cast was good. Boris and Jolene played excellent roles. Special Effects were superior to syfy movies but not up to par as first or second movie. Could have been excellent with more money in the budget. They had the right person for the job in Dennis Stotak. The directing was pretty good for Ed Neumier's first directing job. The fednet sequences are good and campy as the first movie. This movie features more citizen and human depth than war with bugs which made it its own picture. The Marauder's needed more screen time and more money to make better CG effects, but it wasn't awful.

The bad: Money and time. Which about sums up the times you can tell when things were CGI effects or looked visually unappealing. The supporting cast was pretty bad, as in they would destroy the dialog or you couldn't understand them too well with the heavy accents. The weapons looked too bulky but at least they were not lazers. They did shoot actuall shell cased ammunition which was a cool thing from the first film. This movie isn't a good stand alone movie which is not necessarily bad but its great for starship troopers fans, but it won't jolt much excitement from someone who hasn't seen any of the other movies or read the book.

I hope they get a bigger budget and maybe create another movie with some more original cast members and an all out war picture. Just my wishful thinking. 6 out of 10, I did enjoy this movie because I enjoyed the others but if you are not a fan of the others you probably won't enjoy this one.
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Starship Troopers is Back!
CultureFix5 May 2009
The first Starship Troopers was one of the best sci-fi movies around since Robocop and remains one of the top of its genre. The disappointing sequel 'Hero of the Federation' did not do it justice and was a low- point in the series. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder has brought the series back to the quality of the first.

The acting is spot on with Casper Van Dien fitting back into the role of Johnny Rico perfectly and showing a change in the character. Jolene Blalock & Stephen Hogan are perfectly cast in their respective roles.

The plot follows Johnny Rico who ones again tries to stop the Bug invasion. At points the CGI is quite poor but this does not really affect the quality or viewers enjoyment of the film.

Ed Neumeier's direction is perfect for the film and he takes the series in the direction that it should be going. Also featured is the series satirical humour of the first and is surprisingly good for a direct-to- video venture.

I'd be all for a Starship Troopers 4 providing we get the return of Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico.
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1/10
Crap! Total Crap!
russell_anam16 July 2008
Seriously what a piece of crap!! You get the impression form the very beginning that this is going to be a very cheap B movie when the starting special effects is all shiny and looks like toys created by a 3D newbie. They actually get some decent special effects in the middle part but by then you are already counting the minutes when this terrible movie will end fueled by terrible acting, sub par CGI, no plot. And just if that's not enough for you, they'll mix you up with religious song and beliefs that will really wish you had cut your wrist and committed suicide rather than watching this movie. The first movie was so great!!! Somehow I get the feeling that they are competing to make the worst sequels possible with every new starship troopers they bring out!
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4/10
better than 2 but inferior to 1
SnoopyStyle6 October 2015
The war with the bugs continues with new deadlier bugs and better weapons to fight them. United Citizen Federation faces internal opposition to the war and religious revival. Colonel John Rico (Casper Van Dien) is fighting on planet Roku San. They are joined by popular entertainer Sky Marshal Omar Anoke and Captain Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock). Rico gets into a fight with General Dix Hauser (Boris Kodjoe) which is interrupted by a bug attack. The base gets overrun. The survivors escape and Rico is blamed for the lost. Beck is shot down with Anoke but Admiral Enolo Phid (Amanda Donohoe) is hiding the lost of the popular Anoke. Hauser goes off to rescue the stranded crew after saving Rico from his execution.

Casper Van Dien returns to play Rico. The franchise has also return to the full out war movie. The CGI is inferior to the first movie but it does try to return to the war action. The story gets a bit too convoluted with the inclusion of religion. It would also be better to keep the cast together on their adventure. This is better than the second movie but it is simply a shadow of the original.
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1/10
What The
alonzoholloway27 July 2012
I really only have three words to say about this movie---Really??? Seriously!!!! Really!!! That's all you can really say. I tend to be really forgiving with movies but this is bad I mean really bad it is I have to say the worst movie I have ever seen. I didn't know it was possible but over the years Casper Van Dean has actually gotten worse over the years. Is that possible? Please spare you eyes and brain the torture of watching this movie. This is one that should be looked at but Mystery Science Theater 2000. The script was bad the acting was bad the special effects were.....OK at best. If you are a spy and want to get info from your captive, make him watch this movie I promise you he will tell you anything you want to know and things you don't want to know then ask for death.
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1/10
The most utterly crappy Sci Fi movie in 2008
awpkiller220 July 2008
When I was about to watch this movie I already knew about the crappy critiques of this movie. I saw it with open mind and was hoping that most of these comments were exaggerated , because I really liked the first movie.

The second movie was a failure and many hoped that the third one would be made better. I most disappointed in Jolene Blalock appearance (also known from her role in Star Trek Enterprise episodes "T'Pol) in this crappy movie. I really liked her in Enterprise even though I'm not a Star Trek freak. But this will certainly leave a mark in her acting career.

When it comes to Scott Bakula, well he didn't do an outstanding performance either. His neither a Robert De Niro, nor Al Pachino. But his acting was OK in the first movie. Actually if it wasn't for him and Jolene Blalock I wouldn't have seen this movie.

The Special effects of this movie reminded me of early 3d game movie sequences, but worse. Even for a low budget movie the CG sucked tremendously. Actually when I saw the first CG sequence I had this terrible urge to turn of the movie, because it really really sucked. All the monsters/bugs looked fake, not even the spaceships or the environment looked acceptable.

The director, he ruined this franchise with the second movie, and then really took a huge dump on it with this one. It's a shame that people with no talent and no skills get to work with these kinds of movies and franchises. I mean we all know what happened to Alien VS Predator. Same story there too, but that was even worse. They totally destroyed two franchises with one blow.

My advice to you. If you haven't seen this movie already, don't waste your time. But if you do want to see it anyway, then you'll need a whole lot of patience. Try not to paying for it, else you'll regret every penny you wasted.
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1/10
It doesn't cut it
mats_lundberg17 July 2008
The first ST was a good action packed ironic movie. ST2 was a low budget not too good sequel although with some good ideas wasted away. The third one doesn't have much of a story or a script. It could easily be summarized in a few lines but I won't do that as I will give away the entire movie. How come it is that bad then?

First of all the script is terrible. The lines are not good and the actors, most of them are amateurs, deliver them even worse. Not a good start. Also the lines are missing the snappy and witty style of the original movie. Many times it feels like watching a badly rehearsed school play. Actors waiting for their turn to read their line. Well, it doesn't cut it.

Second, the action which was of very high standards in the first movie is very bad in this one. For example, there are many scenes where you see bugs attacking and you hear weapons fire but there are no muzzle flares or ricocheting, even though the actors act like they are shooting. Also the CGI is worse than the original even though it has 11 year of advances in computer technology. That is quite poor. The puppets are of better quality, but still not at the level of the first movie.

Third, the actors and acting are of very varied quality and it seems that the bad actors pull down the "skilled" instead of vice versa. Or could it be that they don't put in the effort? In any case the director should really get a slap on the wrist as he is not doing his job.

Finally, this movie could have easily been much better if someone with wit and humor and an ironic satiric sense were to adjust the script. Now it falls flat. All that is good in the first movie is bad in this.

If you like Starship Troopers, don't watch this it will just make you sad that you wasted 90 minutes of your life.

It sad to see a talented actress as Jolene Blalock take part in crap like this.
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