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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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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lame, straight to DVD sequel, but ended up getting better...,
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This review is from: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
To even consider making a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's bug nasty film without him onboard was a mistake. Gone are all the subtle political jibes, the depth, the army sensibility mocking. In fact, this straight to DVD sequel is everything that the first film was against...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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as the first film, but not as bad people say,
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This review is from: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
The plot may be slighty derivative of films of the genre, but at they had the nerve to make something different from the first one. The acting is ok, no oscar winners but ok, the plot is intersting, and maintains the tension pretty much through out the whole film. Well worth a try if you want something different.
55 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
low budget, but its ok,
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This review is from: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
Firstly, it’s not the first film. tho it looks significantly cheaper and doesn’t have the same ‘epic’ feel to it. What it is though is entertaining, not to mention a fairly respectable follow-up to the first film. It’s definitely the same world, and it’s quickly evident that the same folks are involved – as observant with the backdrop, structure, slick visuals and pacing. Phil Tippett, whose company created the effects for the first film, sits in the director’s chair this time and for the most part, he succeeds in delivering a worthy successor. With what he’s got, he works a wee tad of magic. The score sounds super, the backdrop looks good, and for the most part, the effects are good. 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?
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