Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)

Director:

Shinji Aramaki

Writers:

Robert A. Heinlein (based on the novel by)
Flint Dille (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 2012 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

On an asteroid, the Terran Federation's Fort Casey is on top of a bug hive. The Starship Alesia begins...

Plot Keywords:

Starship | Asteroid | Federation | Bombed To Death | Severed Arm

Cast

Leraldo Anzaldua	...	Ratzass (voice)
Shelley Calene-Black	...	Captain Jonah (voice)
Luci Christian	...	Captain Carmen Ibanez (voice)
Melissa Davis	...	Ice Blonde (voice)
Justin Doran	...	Dr. Carl Jenkins (voice)
Adam Gibbs	...	Shock Jock (voice)
Karl Glusman	...	Gunfodder (voice)
Josh Grelle	...	Chow (voice)
Corey Hartzog	...	Chase (voice)
Jovan Jackson	...	Mech (voice)
Andrew Love	...	Bugspray (voice)
Kalob Martinez	...	Holyman (voice)
David Matranga	...	General Johnny Rico (voice)
Andy McAvin	...	High Command (voice)
Emily Neves	...	Trig (voice)
Chris Patton	...	Kharon (voice)
Sam Roman	...	Lieutenant Tony Daugherty (voice)
David Wald	...	Major Henry 'Hero' Varro (voice)

Directed by
Shinji Aramaki

Writing credits
Robert A. Heinlein		(based on the novel by)
Flint Dille		(screenplay)

Produced by
Joseph Chou	....	producer
Edward Neumeier	....	executive producer
Casper Van Dien	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Tetsuya Takahashi

Visual Effects by
Jeff Gordon	....	visual effects producer
Youngho Je	....	visual effects producer
Janghyung Kim	....	senior effects technical director
Kay Hee-Young Kim	....	visual effects producer

Production Companies

• Sola Digital Arts
• Stage 6 Films

Distributors

• Imperial - Cinepix (2012) (Poland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Macrograph (visual effects)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and nudity

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Japan:G | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA15+ | UK:15 | Germany:16

Company:

Sola Digital Arts

Trivia:

The opening lines of the film are taken directly from the original Starship Troopers novel.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Henry Varro's service record is shown, his Blood Type is listed as "B" without a + or - to identify the Rh factor. This is important for blood typing and cross-matching. In combat, quickly knowing blood type aids in transfusions, which is why it's always on your dog tags and in service records.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999)

A lot better than expected

The thing is boys and girls: this isn't the Shawshank Redemption...There's gratuitous nudity, corny dialog and not a lot of subtext. The thing is that Starship Troopers was never meant for anything like that; the setting is a sci-fi universe with much more gore, trash and nudity than would be expected. This movie is meant for the old Starship Troopers fans, those who know the movie (the first for god's sake) and the Roughnecks animated series; it isn't a good introduction to the setting but it wasn't meant to be. Overall I would give it an 8/10 because I was expecting a respectable follow-up to to the series that was graphically polished, sensible towards character development and not very predictable from a storyline point of view and as far as these basic requirements are concerned, it doesn't disappoint. Overall, if you liked the source material, and you know the setting this is a nice follow up and much better than the god-awful movie sequels. Despite my individual rating of 8/10, I gave the movie a rating of 10/10 if only to balance out the people who I assume weren't all that familiar with the setting and under voted a movie which, from an objective point of view, cannot possible receive less than a 6/10.