Buggered by Bugs

A revisit to one of the ore successful film of yesteryear- Starship Troopers.

As usual, expect the unusual from the great producer, Paul Verhoeven. Remember the classics from Verhoeven such as Basic Instinct, Showgirls,Hollowman, Robocop and Total Recall? This is another of them. They stand out, even if some failed at the box-office.


Plot-wise, nothing unusual except the star troopers fought with the bugs-mostly terrifying land crawlers with pincers and deadly flying bugs.

The Research Unit of the Global Federation finally won the battle by capturing a brainy bug which was behind all the smart defence and aggressive offence.

The film as usual concentrated a large portion to the training period for the star-troopers,quandrangular love affairs and valour in the battlefield.

This movie has a slew of great stars from Michael Ironside, Casper Van Diem, Neil Patrick Henry,Dina Meyer to Denise Richards.


My sixth sense tells me that Paul actually intended the movie to showcase the verve, youthfulness and beauty of Denise Richards. It undoubtedly, launched her film career after her center-fold spread in Playboy and got her into some movies such as Wild Things,Valentine and The World is Not Enough where she became a Bond girl. Except for the James Bond movie, her other movies were not well received at the box-office.

Great afternoon matinee for me,though.