Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) (V)

Director:

Phil Tippett

Writer (WGA):

Edward Neumeier (written by)

Release Date:

4 May 2004 (Hungary)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They're coming back to wipe us out!

Plot:

In the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's loved/reviled sci-fi film, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.

Plot Keywords:

Bug | Starship | Outpost | Sequel | Private

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Billy Brown	...	Pvt. Ottis Brick
Richard Burgi	...	Capt. V.J. Dax
Kelly Carlson	...	Pvt. Charlie Soda
Cy Carter	...	Pvt. Billie Otter
Sandrine Holt	...	Pvt. Jill Sandee
Ed Lauter	...	Gen. Jack Gordon Shepherd
J.P. Manoux	...	TSgt. Ari Peck
Lawrence Monoson	...	Lt. Pavlov Dill
Colleen Porch	...	Pvt. Lei Sahara
Drew Powell	...	Pvt. Kipper Tor
Ed Quinn	...	Pvt. Joe Griff
Jason-Shane Scott	...	Pvt. Duff Horton
Brenda Strong	...	Sgt. Dede Rake
Brian Tee	...	Cpl. Thom Kobe
David Wells	...	Recruiting Sergeant

Also Known As:

Starship Troopers 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexual content and brief language.

Runtime:

USA:88 min | 92 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Company:

Startroop Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

The actress Brenda Strong who plays Sergeant Rake also played Captain Deladier in the original Starship Troopers (1997).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Dax says "Murderer's don't go home," his mouth stops moving half way through.

Quotes:

[first lines]
FedNet: Our war's going better than ever, but we need heroes! We need you!
Smiling Lieutenant: Come on, you apes... You wanna live forever?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Inside the Federation (2004) (V)

Dripping with Low-Budget Feel.

I mean, really now. Flood the market with a good name... 2 Million people each spending 3 dollars to rent this movie, and you have made your budget. Easy right. Easy for the filmmaker. This movie was the equivalent of putting out a LOTR movie made with stick figures. Just terrible. I'm sorry, but there is something seriously unethical about doing this sort of thing to the consumer... But they don't care, all they want is stupid money.

And that's a good hour and 20 minutes of my life I'll never get back... Thanks. Seriously consider not buying, or renting this movie. This movie was quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life. Yet because of this it still lingers in my mind. Not cool. And I will forever remember the horridness of it. Unnecessarily gory, horribly dark action scenes where you can not see more than 3 bugs at a time, and really, really, really cheesy guns... "Hey, let's fire light at the bugs, maybe that will scare them!!!" "OK!!!11!!1!" Like really, are blanks that expensive?