Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Edward Neumeier

Writer (WGA):

Edward Neumeier (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

You know what to do. Get in there and Kill em all.

Plot:

Johnny Rico is called back into action to defeat the bugs.

Plot Keywords:

Bugs | Starship | Trooper | Alien | Marauder

Cast

Casper Van Dien	...	Colonel Johnny Rico
Jolene Blalock	...	Captain Lola Beck
Stephen Hogan	...	Sky Marshal Omar Anoke
Boris Kodjoe	...	Gen. Dix Hauser
Amanda Donohoe	...	Admiral Enolo Phid
Marnette Patterson	...	Holly Little
Danny Keogh	...	Dr. Wiggs
Stelio Savante	...	Chief Bull Brittles
Cécile Breccia	...	Lt. Link Manion
Garth Breytenbach	...	Pvt. Slug Skinner
Graeme Richards	...	Lt. Danner
Tanya van Graan	...	Sgt. Sunday
Antonio Summerton	...	Sergeant Hightower
Nicole Salandra	...	Sgt. Kirby (as Nicole Tupper)
Cokey Falkow	...	Jingo Ryan

Also Known As:

SST 3: Marauder (USA) (short title)
Starship Troopers 3 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA | South Africa | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Japan:R-15 | Australia:MA | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Sony

Trivia:

The character that Jolene Blalock plays is a play on her own last name "Lola Beck".

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Marauder team is stripping down in preparation for the BioScans, Lt. Link Manion removes her shirt twice.

Quotes:

Bull Brittles: He thinks God is a Bug?
Lola Beck: He's got religion. Their religion.
Holly Little: Bug religion?
Bull Brittles: That's crazy.
Holly Little: That's blasphemy!
Bull Brittles: What do we do now?
Holly Little: Maybe we should kill him.
Lola Beck: Why, because he's crazy? Or he believes in God like you?
Holly Little: It's the wrong God!

Movie Connections:

References Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Soundtrack:

UFO

Too Far

This movie could have been so good, to bad they screwed it up.

I like the idea of the Marauder Project but the CGI animating it is very weak. So is the bug animation. Even the first movie looked better than this one and that was made in '97. I would say the CGI in this movie is on the same level as Robocop 2 which was made 18 years ago.

The story is consistent and entertaining except for the last few minutes. I liked the heavy combats, the mysteries and the political twists. It was interesting to see how a few men in power can manipulate the "truth" if you give up democracy. For the most part the movie kept the tone and the intensity of the first one but then they had to ruin it with the religious crap and cheesy love scenes at the end.

My opinion is that they took it too far with the bugs. For example with the exploding grenade bugs that you see in the first few minutes. Also the bugs' strength is their short lifespan hence their ability to evolve quickly. So, in my opinion this is in direct contradiction with the big bugs that lives for a really long time. But I'm no biologist and this is not a documentary movie.

You can notice that I did not mention Starship Troopers 2. I don't know why people embarrass themselves with movies like ST2 (or even ST3) if they don't have the budget to make a decent movie. ST2 showed just a bunch of amateur actors reading script from the autocue.

So to sum it up I don't regret the 100 minutes spent watching the movie but it will definitely not go into my personal collection.