Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

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 Tupper	...	Sgt. Kirby
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:

During the biometric scan that the seven marauders undergo, the sound effect is the same as that emitted by the Flying Machines in the original The War of the Worlds (1953).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the end, Lola hits Sky Marshall Anoke first on the back and then in the face. The face-punch never touches his face.

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:

A Good Day to Die (Extended)

Faith Is More Powerful Than Q-Bomb

In the front-line of the Second Bug War in planet Roku San, the charismatic Sky Marshal Omar Anoke (Stephen Hogan) arrives with his assistant General Dix Hauser (Boris Kodjoe) in an starship piloted by his fiancée Captain Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock) and they are welcomed by their friend and hero of Planet P Colonel Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien). While Anoke inspects the facility protected by fences, Dix, Lola and Rico go to a bar to celebrate their reunion. However, Dix has an incident with the local farmers and arrests Rico for insubordination; meanwhile, there is a shut down in the defense fences and the bugs break into the facility. Lola and Anoke escape in the starship, but it crashes in Planet OM-1 and Lola, Anoke, Chief Bull Brittles (Stelio Savante), Jingo Ryan (Cokey Falkow), Dr. Wiggs (Danny Keogh) and the religious flight attendant Holly Little (Marnette Patterson) save themselves in a rescue pod. When Dix discovers that Admiral Enolo Phid (Amanda Donohoe) has no intention to rescue the survivors in the Arachnid Quarantine Zone, he assigns Rico in the Marauder Program to lead a squad with six other troopers to rescue Lola and Anoke.

"Starship Troopers 3: Marauder" is a reasonable entertaining, with good and also awful points. The good ones are the ironic Federal Network, with manipulative messages and brainwash of the citizens; Jolene "T'Pol" Blalock; and the story as a whole that is not bad. However, there are many stupid lines and dialogs; annoying characters and situations (the attitudes and behavior of the flawed Dix is totally incoherent, Holly Little and Jingo are irritating and Anoke is silly); and this exaggerated subplot of religion is never funny and does not work. The special effects are only reasonable and the set decoration is good. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Tropas Estelares 3" ("Starship Troopers 3")