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Starship Troopers [Blu-ray] [1997] | ![Starship Troopers [Blu-ray] [1997]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mg5BRS9fL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Eric Bruskotter, John Cunningham, Christopher Curry, Dale Dye
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Category: DVD
List Price: £23.99
Buy New: £13.89
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 7251
Format: Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 130
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.1 x 0.6
EAN: 8717418129217
ASIN: B000R3431M
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Release Date: August 6, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Casper Van Dien, Eric Bruskotter, John Cunningham, Christopher Curry, Dale Dye
Amazon.co.uk Review
A gloriously over-the-top treat, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers takes the militaristic moralising of Robert Heinlein's pulp classic and sets about undermining it mercilessly. Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) desperately wants to join the Mobile Infantry and kill some Earth-threatening alien bugs. He also desperately wants Carmen (Denise Richards), but only gets to fulfil one ambition in the second of Verhoeven's futuristic satires (also cowritten with his RoboCop scriptwriter Ed Neumeier). Set in a fascist future where kids must do military service to qualify as citizens, own property or even have babies, the film's dark Vietnam and Nazi-era parallels are all the more disturbing given its deceptively sunny Beverly Hills 90210 teenage cast (though scenery-chewing veteran Michael Ironside steals the movie as tough-talking Lt Rasczak). The CGI arachnids are among the most convincing and dangerous-looking creatures ever seen on screen, and with the movie clocking up the highest number of blanks ever fired on a film set, it's also pretty loud. Verhoeven went on to be Executive Producer of the Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles animated TV series a couple of years later. --Paul Tonks
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 Absolute Classic April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Starship Troopers is one of those films that truly sets itself apart from the rest and lets us reminisce about the great gritty Sci-Fi movies of the late 80s & early 90s.
This has over the top gore, the typical love story and cheesy dialogue that would put most chick flicks to shame.
The Story: In a very distant future high school kids are encouraged to join the military in order to gain citizenship which is something that has to be done to become a full citizen. This brings us to our main characters Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) & Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards) who are 2 young and enthusiastic students who are madly in love. Carmen joins the Military in order to fight against the bugs of Klendathu, a planet on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy. Rico joins the military along with Carmen but after a rough time and the unexpected death of one of his friends while in training, Johnny decides to quit. However something unexpected happens, the bugs of Klendathu launch an asteroid at Earth which ultimately destroys Rico's home of Buenos Aries, this changes his mind and he begs his commanding officers to let him back in because he wants revenge.
Johnny is brought back into the military and is put onto the front line in the humans first attempt at attacking the bug homeworld which is a disaster on a monumental scale. Rico is one of the victims of this massacre and is brought home to recover, but that doesn't stop his determination to get revenge on the bugs. Back home a number of propaganda commercials are being run telling the country that although the humans suffered a massive loss we all need to do our part.
The Review: Now this is a pretty good film with a very unique premise and look which does give a nostalgia of how the 1980s movies percieved the future. It's very graphic and very gritty, Paul Verhoeven clearly didn't want to hold back anything when telling a story of love, friendship, revenge and quite simply heroism. The story is quite cheesy in the sense that it's a typical hero movie when a guy starts off at the bottom, something tragic happens to him which somehow gives him superhuman ability to defeat a horde of angry, emotionless bugs.
This is something that a lot of people would hate as in todays cinema a lot is demanded when it comes to depth and realism, to me however I found this incredibly enjoyable and I think this is something that we need to see more of in future movies as we truly have a character to root for all the time.
Van Dien I feel has always been a very underrated actor, he may not be the most diverse actor in the world I agree, but at the same time he has the ability, charisma and timing to have been somewhat of a memorable action movie star.
A very good film which is somewhat of a classic that I think will live in the hearts of film fans for years to come.
Movie: 4.5/5 Picture Quality: 3.5~4.5/5 Sound Quality: 3.75~4.5/5 Extras: 2/5 July 14, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Version: E.U / BVHE Touchstone / Region Free
VC-1 BD-50
Running time: 2:09:37
Movie size: 37,491,136,512 bytes
Disc size: 40,984,117,470 bytes
Average Video Bit Rate: 26.56 Mbps
LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps English
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
* Deleted Scenes (8 min. SD)
* Scene Developments with Audio Commentary (9 min.SD)
* Making-of Featurette (8 min.SD)
* Screen Tests: Johnny and Carmen (4 min. SD)
* Teaser Trailer (2 min. SD)
Movie: 4.5/5 Picture Quality: 3.5~4.25/5 Sound Quality: 3.5~4/5 Extras: 4/5
Version: U.S.A / Sony Pictures / Region Free
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 (1080p) / High Profile 3.2 (480p)
Running time: 2:09:27 [could be due to an editing error that trims the running time by 4 to 6]
Movie size: 35,201,273,856 bytes
Disc size: 44,711,666,541 bytes
Average video bit rate: 23.00 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD English 1834 kbps (5.1/48kHz/16-bit)
Dolby TrueHD French 1971kbps kbps (5.1/48kHz/16-bit)
Dolby Digital 2.0 192 Kbps
Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Spanish
Number of chapters: 16
* 2 Audio Commentaries
* Documentary
* Featurettes
* Screen Tests
* Deleted Scenes
* FX Comparisons
* FedNet Mode Picture-in-Picture Commentary (Profile 1.1)
* BD-Live Content (Profile 2.0)
* Recruitment Test
* Blu-Wizard
Astonished August 23, 2008
I knew this was an old film, and so did not expect a good conversion to HD - but I assuming I did not know the date, I would have thought this was new release
i read a review stating it a was digitally made so i reckon it is because of this - after all it is 11 years old
hope they bring deep space nine out?
Do you want to know more? October 28, 2008
Paul Verhoeven's now cult sci-fi classic is undoubtedly a guilty pleasure, what with the B-movie parody, the gruesome (and it has to be said, spectacular) slaughtering and mutilations of the troopers by the alien bugs and a small amount of gratuitous nudity thrown in for good measure. By any standards this blu-ray 16:9 transfer is quite staggering in its tremendous clarity and quality and a joy to behold in HD. The enormous amount of work that went into the digital effects and model-making etc was not showcased on the DVD release but on the BD is shown to be of a higher quality than many more recent releases.
There are plenty of extras on the BD, including all of the original DVD features (not in HD), a directors commentary on the scene developments and a new HD showcase feature. Highly recommended BD viewing. This release is region A-B-C coded. You won't be wanting to watch your DVD copy anymore if you buy this!
 Surprisingly good for it's age August 28, 2007
22 out of 25 found this review helpful
There are 43 Amazon reviews on the standard definition version of this film so I will comment on the Blu-ray aspects only. I did not expect to see such an old film come out in high definition format. This movie is largely made with computer generated graphics which probably explains why the image quality is so high. The many action scenes are pin sharp with vivid colours and no motion blurring. Looks amazing and even if you don't love the movie worth having to demonstrate the full benefits of high definition. When the non computer generated scenes are viewed there is a slight but noticable drop in image quality with slight grainyness hence only the 4 star rating.
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