In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.Written by
Christopher Van Pelt
In the credits, Amy Smart's character is identified as "Pilot Cadet". However, the FedNet announcer refers to her as "Lt. Stack Lumbrezer". One of the movie's co-producers is Stacy Lumbrezer. See more »
Goofs
Schoolteacher Rasczak and a female pupil make a rhetorical point about Hiroshima having been utterly destroyed, suggesting that nothing ever lived there again, which is not true. In the novel, this reference was to Carthage, which was completely abandoned for about 100 years after the Romans sacked it, but Paul Verhoeven changed it to Hiroshima due to his political agenda. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Newsreel announcer:
Young people from all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future.
Soldier #1:
I'm doing my part.
Soldier #2:
I'm doing my part.
Soldier #3:
I'm doing my part.
Young kid dressed up as a soldier:
I'm doing my part too.
[Soldiers laugh]
Newsreel announcer:
They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.
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Alternate Versions
A heavily cut version was shown on German TV in March 2001. This version was cut down to 89min. but still labeled as "not under 18" although almost every violent scene was cut out. For example the opening-battle at Klendathu was cut down to about 2 or 3 minutes. After the speech of the reporter you only saw the bug grapping the reporter and some soldiers firing some seconds before Rico is screaming into the camera. See more »
Such an amazing movie, one of the few i watched many times. It's a masterpiece, when watching the movie i just can't stop smiling.