Number Rolled: 35
Movie Name/Year: Starship
Troopers: Invasion (2012)
Genre: Sci-Fi
& Fantasy
Length: 88
minutes
Rating: R
Affiliated Companies:
Sola Digital Arts, Stage 6 Films, Sony
Executive Producer:
Edward Neumeier, Casper Van Dien
Director: Shinji
Aramaki
Writer: Robert A.
Heinlein, Flint Dille
Actors: Luci
Christian, David Mantranga, Justin Doran, David Wald, Andrew Love, Leraldo
Anzaldua, Sam Roman, Emily Neves, Melissa Davis, Kalob Martinez, Chris Patton,
Adam Gibbs, Jovan Jackson, Corey Hartzog, Josh Grelle, Karl Glusman, Shelley
Calene-Black, Noel Burkeen, Andy McAvin, Michael Keeney, Kris Carr
Starship Troopers:
Invasion continues the story of the Starship
Troopers series.
Two troops join forces to try and repel a massive bug attack
and wind up putting themselves, and their ships, in great danger. It features
the return of the three main characters from the first move: Johnny Rico, Carl
Jenkins, and Carmen Ibanez.
First I will state that, although the main characters from
the first one have returned, they are not played by the same actors. I will
also state that during the majority of the movie I considered the possibility
that Johnny Rico was actually being voiced by Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers, Noobz, Mortal Kombat:
Legacy). As far as I’m concerned, that just means that David Matranga (Attack on Titan, RDG: Red Data Girl,
Appleseed XIII – all English versions) did one hell of a job.
When the movie was over and I looked up the info on it, I
was thrilled to see that Casper Van Dien did actually have a hand in the
creation of the movie, despite his lack of acting in it. It made the film seem
more official.
The movie itself wasn’t bad. I was worried, going into it,
because the sequels to the original Starship
Troopers, up until this one, kind of made me want to throw things at the
TV. Invasion was significantly different.
Although I disliked the animation style, and I thought
Justin Doran (Clannad, Journey to Agartha
– English Versions, ER) did an
absolutely awful version of Carl Jenkins, I wound up really liking the movie. The
storyline was decent. I found myself highly entertained and actually happy to
be watching.
I’ll admit, it was nowhere near the quality of the first
film in the series. None-the-less, the idea of finally having an acceptable
sequel does appeal to me.
Four movies and I can only stand the first and the last.
It is the last… right?
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – None
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 51%
Netflix’s Prediction for Me – 3.8/5
Trust-the-Dice Score –
3.5/5
P.S. There’s a short scene after the credits. Also, although
Netflix labels this a foreign film, it is in English.
Movie Trailer: