Starship Troopers fingerprintRelentless energy, funny, light on feelings.
Epic and pulse-pounding
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Plenty of satire and dark humor
The future, war, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout direction
Standout sound design, cinematography, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Epic and pulse-pounding
Fast from start to finish.
Starship Troopers is epic, pulse-pounding, and brutally violent.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Plenty of satire and dark humor
Expect plenty of satire and dark humor.
The future, war, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around the future, war, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout sound design, cinematography, and editing
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the sound design, cinematography, and editing stand out.
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A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Starship Troopers is included with a subscription to Netflix, Philo, and YouTube TV in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 72%, and Metacritic 52). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, and disturbing imagery.
2 h 9 min
Starship Troopers runs 2 h 9 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Audiences rate Starship Troopers higher (74) than critics (62). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $105 million to make and earned $121 million worldwide, 1.2 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+54GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Starship Troopers in 68 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 374 storytelling tropes for Starship Troopers, including Great Offscreen War, Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale, Single-Biome Planet.
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