Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)

Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.

Directors:

Shinji Aramaki, Masaru Matsumoto (co-director)

Writer:

Edward Neumeier

Stars:

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, DeRay Davis

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Casper Van Dien	...	Johnny Rico (voice)
Dina Meyer	...	Dizzy Flores (voice)
DeRay Davis	...	One-Oh-One (voice)
Justin Doran	...	Carl Jenkins (voice)
Luci Christian	...	Carmen Ibanez (voice)
Emily Neves	...	Amy Snapp (voice)
Scott Gibbs	...	Lieutenant Baba (voice)
Juliet Simmons	...	Camacho (voice)
Chris Gibson	...	Dutch (voice)
Greg Ayres	...	Geo (voice)
Leraldo Anzaldua	...	Ratzass (voice)
Andrew Love	...	Fed Net Official (voice)
John Swasey	...	George (voice)
Kyle Jones	...	Daniel (voice)
Adam Gibbs	...	Ship Crew 1 (voice)

Storyline

Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.

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Plot Keywords:

eye patch | space shuttle | troop carrier | animal attack | shoulder launched missile | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sci-fi violence, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Csillagközi invázió: Mars invázió

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lucent Pictures Entertainment, Sola Digital Arts, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Casper Van Dien (Johnny Rico) and Dina Meyer (Dizzy Flores) both appeared in the original live action film back in 1997, playing the same characters. Casper was reprising his role for a third time while for Dina this was the second time.

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Quotes

Baba: Lost Patrol?
Troopers: Hoorah! We got this!

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Fun, goofy, entertaining

I generally watch the Starship Troopers CG movies looking for ridiculously over-the-top action shlock I can put on with friends and laugh at while being entertained. Traitor of Mars does the trick on this front, but it actually has a pretty good story this time with a cast of lovable shlubs. Whoever came up with the concept of a makeup-caked bimbo Space Marine is exactly the kind of person who should be leading the charge on these Starship Trooler CG flicks.

These sequels are, as you might expect, nowhere remotely close to the verhoeven classic in terms of tone or message, but they surprisingly do a pretty great job of keeping up that same dumb fun 90's shlock feel that the surface level of first flick had: troopers are sent into the meat grinder time and again by incompetent superiors who are wholly detached from the reality of war. The difference is that, in these CG flicks, Rico will get launched 15 feet into the air, do a flip and jump-kick a giant bug to kill it, and it'll totally work. Everyone has anime plot armor and every dumb tactical decision can be fought through by shooting enough bullets at it.

In short, it's close enough to the surface level of the original to keep true, while also being wholly enjoyable shlock to watch with friends. Thought they did a good job with this one.