Number Rolled: 6
Movie Name/Year: Starship
Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Genre: Sci-fi
& Fantasy
Length: 91
minutes
Rating: R
Director: Phil
Tippett
Writer: Edward
Neumeier
Actors: Billy
Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Cy Carter, Sandrine Holt, Ed Lauter, J.P.
Manoux, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch, Drew Powell, Ed Quinn, Jason-Shane
Scott, Brenda Strong, Brian Tee
For those of you unfamiliar with the Starship Troopers
storyline, it is based around an intergalactic war featuring humans vs. super
alien bugs. The second movie, however, has very little to do with the first and
third of the series. It follows a group of troopers as they seek shelter after
being overrun. They find a survivor in the building they use to bunker down and
things begin to go a little haywire.
I mentioned in an earlier review for “Starship Troopers 3:
Marauders,” that I’d heard this movie was supposed to be one long soft-core
porn. I don’t agree. Yes, there was a large amount of nudity in it and a whole
bunch of people kissing, but there really wasn’t any sex. In fact, there was
very little implied sex for that matter. I’ve seen more sex scenes in
mainstream rom-com’s. It was terrible, but it wasn’t the porn that people seem
to think it was.
When it comes to sequels, I don’t really expect “good.” I
know that’s a strange thing to say but hear me out. The purpose of a sequel is
to further the storyline and enhance what has already been established. If I
were to give an example of what I consider a good sequel, it would be “My Girl
2.” Critics weren’t overly fond of it and I can absolutely understand why. It
was overly sappy and kind of failed as a stand-alone film. However, as a
sequel, “My Girl 2” added greater depth to the main character and her
oft-mentioned mother. It didn’t create its own story, rather it elevated the
original so that the nuances could be understood at a greater level. The best
sequels, in my opinion, don’t have to stand alone; they only need to enrich the
existing storyline.
Where the Starship Troopers series is concerned, I wish I’d
never seen the second or third sequels. They not only did nothing to elevate or
enrich the story of the first one, but cheapened it to such a degree that I can’t
even watch the first one anymore without rolling my eyes a little. It angers
me, because the original was once one of my favorite movies.
I’m hoping to leave the trauma of the sequels behind me
sometime in the future.
Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 2.3/5
Overall Opinion – 1/5
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