Starship Troopers 3: Marauder explores enough new ground to deem it worth your time for revisiting the ‘Bug War’. Casper Van Dien returns to the series reprising his role as Johnny Rico. After getting promoted to a Commanding Officer position on the battlefield in the first film Johnny is now known throughout the universe as a celebrated war hero. The film begins with Rico, as he and his team are being ambushed by a swarm of bugs (some new, some old) after the power in the facility he is commanding malfunctions causing the electrified wall to fail. Escaping with some casualties Rico finds himself tangled in a political scheme, only to be released to go rescue a downed drop ship on a new bug infested planet.
The movie’s main focus is on this stranded unit, as they annoy their commander with constant prayers, hymns, and discussions about God. ST3 is a cheesy treat that wisely uses it’s time with us to navigate the vast unexplored ’Bug Universe’. Some effects in the film look better than the original, while others (The Marauders) look pretty awful, but overall even they are fun bits of CGEYE candy (See what I did there?). ST3 is a Sci Fi/Horror film with enough, gore, comedy, fan nods, and even a bit of Lovecraftian influence to keep anyone who likes those genres entertained throughout it’s run time. I have seen ST1 many times in the past and consider it a solid 4.5/5 movie, ST3 might not quite hit that mark but it managed to be a sequel, that for fans successfully delivers a completely new experience while hanging onto things that made the first so unique, all within a good bad movie!
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