SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

quincytheodore Many might not know Starship Troopers, despite being a cult classic, has a couple of less than stellar sequels. Opting for all CG approach for the fourth one, Invasion is crafted with heavy anime Japanese touch. It has so many resemblances to video game graphic, down to facial and body structures, which gives it a chance for spectacular effect. Be that as it may, the material still doesn't go beyond generic sci-fi banters.Story follows the crew of Alesia as they perform dangerous missions and uncover secret of the bugs. The graphic is good, an above average quality of CG at that time, and this different direction caters both to franchise fans and general sci-fi enthusiasts. For most part, the rendition is glossy and proportional. It presents its highest production value on gratuitous naked digital girls and gory action. It does stutter occasionally, in a few scenes the action seem rigid and facial expression is rather bland.Japanese video game screenplay is notoriously hampered with campy dialogues or over-the-top situations. Those who have played popular video game franchise such as Resident Evil will notice similar kinks on Invasion. Characters are made with stereotypical personalities and looks, a somewhat westernized army appearance for animation genre. Sexy blonde, rugged soldier and everything in between. The film attempt to give some depth to the characters, but its script just isn't up to task.It can be cringe-worthy to hear what these people say. Macho quips, overly melodramatic lines and even catchphrases are thrown with reckless abandon. Dubbing isn't that bad, they do their best with the jarring lines. Some level of knowledge of the series might be required as it lacks narrative, and even then the story barely wraps up. To its credit, the action part is presentable. A couple of high octane scenes are better than most in sci-fi genre.Starship Troopers: Invasion might not reach the same pinnacle of its original, but as a popcorn flick it provides enough chuckles and gazes for brief delight.

Paul Schlacter The first Starship movie was a great little flick. # 2 and 3 were quite disappointing. I didn't put much expectation into this movie but I was totally blown away. The CGI was amazing and the characters were all well thought out. Each character brought a little "humanity" into the flick instead of being the traditional "bug" fodder. The gratuitous nude scenes were also humorous and a nice touch to make this movie more a "film" move than an animation. The action was intense and once again the special effects were amazing. I might even go as far as buying a copy for my personal collection. Definitely beat out the previous Starship Trooper movies and may even blow away the first movie as well. I would highly recommend this for any scifi fan out there.

Allen Cheng Starship troopers returns with much more faith to the novel.Humanity is still fighting their war against overwhelming swarms of the bugs or "Pseudo-Arachnids, battling them in Exo-powered suits and other feat of military technological advancement much as what Robert Heinleins describe in his book. Fans and those who have seen the past films will appreciate and enjoy a generous face lift of the Starship troopers universe in CGI than its live-action predecessors, with the return of their favorite characters since the 1997 film. However this film may cause confusion to those who haven't read the book and watched the past films or the Starship Troopers: Roughneck TV show. With their lack of understanding of the film or the Starship troopers universe, they may not like the weak story and some what a cliff-hanger ending but this was designed to open the audience to a possible sequel to which most fans anticipate.Verdict: Fans will enjoy this film while non-fans you might want to get acquainted with the Starship Troopers first. I am happy this film did good for the Starhip Troopers universe and waiting for the sequel.

xcell444 well I don't even want to be here, if you're not the video game person then this is what cheesy video game cut scenes look like. For video games they're actually quite technical and usually just used for bits of info and they don't have any Hollywood significance or I mean production significance. And that brings me to this movie it's substance and production value simply isn't there in my opinion.To you that have seen video games then you already know this is one long cut scene. I'm barely halfway through and I'm here talking to you instead of watching the movie. I definitely agree with some others in the only true starship trooper was the original.Well enjoy if you can because I am out of here, I'll look for a better movie.Don't forget to vote for me I hope I was helpful, find a better movie Sci-fi enthusiast :(