Starship Troopers 2: Held der Föderation

Überraschenderweise war es nicht so dumm, wie ich befürchtet habe. Ich meine… Ja, natürlich… Natürlich war es dumm, aber auf eine bessere Art und Weise. Phil Tippett ist kein schlechter Regisseur, er hat aus dem begrenzten Budget das Beste herausgeholt und die Actionszenen (um die es in Starship Troopers 2: Held der Föderation ja geht) funktionieren gut. Die Käfer sehen nicht schlecht aus und auf das Publikum wartet eine interessante neue Spezies. Das Drehbuch ist nicht ganz unsinnig und man hat nicht vergessen, Blut und schwarzen Humor einzugliedern. Die Schauspielleistungen ("Leistungen“) sind mit dem Originalfilm vergleichbar… Es ist ein TV-Film – er kann daher nicht so ausladend wie Verhoevens Meisterwerk sein. Wenn es eine Serie gäbe, würde dieser Vergleich wegfallen und die Bugs würden leichter TV-Fans finden. (16.03.2015)

It's a fairly simple B-movie that tries to capitalize on the war's media coverage, as Verhoeven did in the first film, but it lacks the necessary means and even the adequate skill when it comes to filmmaking. It's not that awful, but I'm sure I won't remember any of it the next day. (14.04.2015)

This movie probably won't make it into the golden vault of cinematography, but that's not a reason to say it's a complete piece of sh*t. In my opinion, there are plenty of people like me, who were hooked on the first one and will enjoy this so-called sequel as well. Rico is missing, and it's a bit amusing to see Brenda Strong in the cast. She played the uptight (literally) captain of the starship in the first one, and here we have her as a super hot cool marine with a weakness for Cuban monster cigars, and honestly, it suits her perfectly! For me, it's a great movie because it somewhat stays true to the original source, and those propaganda recruitment videos keep playing, that exaggerated sense of civic duty and genuine loyalty and pride of all the US Marines going into that damn bug war :D For me, this works mainly because it's set in a single location (an abandoned base) and we slowly massacre a group from the inside. The idea of bug infiltration is brilliant, and the execution is almost morbid (through coitus and smooching), especially the scene in the shower with the "discarded" technician, which is probably the most memorable (literally). Anyone who rates this piece as Boo! probably didn't really understand what the movie is trying to do, but I understand and I get it :) I say it's a fuckin' awesome movie, bro! (05.07.2023)