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"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
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But that aside, there's no scope to this film. The action battles are limited, probably due to budget reasons, and amount to no more than people shooting guns at the screen. The storyline in the first one wasn't exactly the main reason for watching it, but this time round it's even worse.
Holed up on a planet waiting for pick up ships, a squad of soldiers wait in a hastily converted base, as the bugs close in. That's it.
Acting wise, this is truly shocking, with no big names cast. But for the style of film being made, budget acting suits a budget film. There is some nudity, but, as a fellow reviewer stated it was, it is hardly pornographic, nor exciting.
What gives the film it's high rating is that come the finale, it gets quite bloody and gory. And I have to admit, that some of the action scenes towards the end picked up slightly, but not enough to make up for the dull previous hour.
The only other plus point was that some of the bug effects were pretty good, and that's probably where most of the films budget went. The CGI was quite detailed, and fast, however, as the bugs were hardly in the movie at all, that is another disappointment.
But points largely to Writer Ed Neumeier who found a magnificent way around the film’s minimalist budget. The story’s been kept almost claustrophobic and rarely goes beyond one or two backdrops. In addition, everything’s kept super tight – story, duration, the works. A wise move indeed.
Granted, there are disadvantages with working with a low budget and the film being a direct to video title. It would’ve been good to have seen some of the main faces from the first film make appearances, (but if an overhaul was the order of the day, then Richard Burgi [“24”, “The Sentinel”] and company make welcome enough stand-ins) and those bug’s, while good, don’t look as nifty as they did first time around.
Just not so long between drinks next time, hey?
I was ecstatic with the first Starship Troopers. But this movie can't quite live up to that. Read more
With clasic lines such as..
"God dam bugs whacked us Jonny"
"at least i got to have you.. cough cough..".. Read more
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