Starship Troopers (1997) VHS Movie Review

Matt and Steve discuss this classic Sci-fi Action film from 1997, Starship Troopers, for their first VHS movie review. Remember kids, the only good bug is a dead bug! I'm doing my part....What about you?

Film Details:
Starship Troopers is rated R, has a runtime of 129 minutes and was released in the US on November 7, 1997.

Starship Troopers was based off a Science Fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein and an unrelated script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine.

Taglines include:
-Genocide doesn't compare to this.
-In Every age there is a cause worth fighting for, but in the future the greatest threat to our survival will not be man at all. Now the youth of tomorrow must travel across the stars to face an enemy more devastating than any ever imagined.
-Since the dawn of his existence, Humankind has ruled the earth. But now the rules are about to change.
-Prepare for Battle
-The paratroopers of the future are here... and their enemies aren't HUMAN
-A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
-When you battle 6 trillion enemies that will eat you alive, there are only two rules... EVERYONE FIGHTS. NO ONE QUITS.
-The only good bug is a dead bug
-Mankind just became an endangered species
-Forget the insecticide, bring on the nukes!
-You can't step on these ones
-They Came to Our Planet, They destroyed our cities, But on November 7th, They'll learn, They messed, With the wrong species.
-This Fall, Tristar Pictures takes you to the front lines of the next frontier.

Director: Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Hollow Man)
Writers: Edward Neumeier (RoboCop) and Robert A. Heinlein (Starship Troopers book)
Stars:
Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico (Sleepy Hollow and Tarzan and the Lost City)
Denise Richards as Lt. Carmen Ibanez (The World Is Not Enough and Wild Things)
Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores (Johnny Mnemonic and Saw)
Jake Busey as Ace Levy (The Frighteners and From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series)
Neil Patrick Harris as Carl Jenkins (How I Met Your Mother and Gone Girl)
Clancy Brown as Sgt. Zim (The Shawshank Redemption and Pet Sematary II)
Michael Ironside as Jean Rasczak (Total Recall, Top Gun and Scanners)

Synopsis: From the bridge of the Fleet Battle Station Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects creatures, acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein’s classic sci-fi adventure.

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside star as the courageous soldiers who travel to the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species. “Sensationally exciting! Like Star Wars, it’s ground zero for a new generation of thrill seekers!” Entertainment Weekly

Box Office:
Budget of $105 million (estimated)
Opening Weekend in the US was $22 million
Gross USA was $54.8 Million
Cumulative Worldwide Gross was $121.2 million

Company Credits:
Produced by TriStar Pictures and Touchstone Pictures
Distributors are Buena Vista and Columbia TriStar Home Video