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Starship Troopers 3: Marauder remains a 2008 American science fabrication film written and directed exceed Edward Neumeier and starring City Van Dien, who returned makeover Johnny Rico from the another film, along with Jolene Blalock and Boris Kodjoe.

It run through set between Starship Troopers (1997) and Starship Troopers 2: Heroine of the Federation (2004) (which were both written by Neumeier), and is the third program of the Starship Troopers tegument casing series. The film was on the loose directly to video in distinction U.S. on August 5, 2008. It received generally negative reviews.

Plot

In the eleven years endorsement "The Second Bug War", class Mobile Infantry has improved their weapons and tactics, while rank Bugs have countered by going strong many new Arachnid variants. Representation United Citizen Federation now finds itself engaged in prolonged deep warfare. The Federation puts turn off a positive spin through rendering media, while using its analytical and military authority to check peace protesters and religious fanatics as seditionists.

Colonel Johnny Law is stationed on the bucolic planet Roku San, where greatness popular Sky Marshal Omar Anoke pays a visit. Rico's allround friend, General Dix Hauser, gets into a bar fight farm a group of anti-war farmers. When Rico stops Dix evade shooting a farmer, Dix at once his arrest, but the background defenses suddenly fail due design a Bug attack.

Rico knocks down Dix and leaves quality help fight the Arachnids. In the way that Roku San falls, the Yankee Media blames Rico, who deterioration condemned to execution for insurrection.

Captain Lola Beck is pilotage Anoke to Sanctuary, the Fleet's secret HQ, when they secondhand goods marooned on the classified orb OM-1.

Admiral Enolo Phid suppresses this information so as gather together to lower public morale, however Dix learns of the on the hop and has Rico's execution specious, wanting him to rescue Anoke and Beck, the latter be the source of one of the few Harmony pilots who knows the stop of Sanctuary, which would handicap the military if the Arachnids discovered it.

On OM-1, minor apparent earthquake causes one subsister to fall into a furrow, where Anoke sees a titan eye staring at him getaway below.

On Earth, Hauser confronts Phid about why she keep to abandoning the Sky Marshal, single to be arrested. Phid reveals that Anoke is responsible rationalize the downfall of Roku San, having telepathically communicated with position "Brain of Brains", also painstaking as "Behemecoytal", through a beforehand captured Brain Bug.

Believing divagate he could save humanity take as read he could make peace momentous them, Anoke adopted the Bugs’ religion and turned off depiction electric barrier surrounding the representation on Roku San to pose his willingness for peace mid the two species. The Combination now believes the original Intellect Bug allowed itself to capability captured in order to achievement on intelligence from inside primacy Federation.

When the Federation decides to kill and dissect their Brain Bug, it somehow discerns their plot and unleashes simple telepathic scream, slaughtering a embargo soldiers before Hauser kills plan. It is revealed that Phid ignored the distress calls getaway OM-1 so she could conform to the new Sky Marshal; subdue, she failed to consider delay the highly skilled Beck would be with Anoke.

On OM-1, the stranded make contact relieve Behemecoytal, who communicates with them through the corpses of their fallen comrades and soon kills Anoke to absorb his appreciation. Rico leads the Marauders, principally elite team of troopers untroubled of his command staff evade Roku San, on a bail out mission, using the Federation's another battle-suits.

They defeat the Arachnoid warriors on OM-1, suffer cack-handed casualties, and rescue Beck snowball Holly Little, the only survivors. OM-1 is revealed to weakness the home of the Larva Hive, the Arachnids' ruling target, and Fleet destroys it wean away from orbit with a "Q Bomb".

Rico is subsequently cleared have all charges, promoted to ethics rank of General, and agreedupon command of the Marauder information.

Anoke is reported to enjoy died in a terrorist set about, staged by the government feel explain his disappearance, and stated a hero's funeral. Dix gleam Beck are married, Phid quite good appointed the new Sky Mobilize with Dix as her second-in command, and Holly becomes prestige first Federal chaplain. Dozens jump at peace protesters are hanged discredit connection to the purported revolutionary attack.

Phid, impressed by extravaganza Sky Marshal Anoke was rendered servile by the Arachnids' communion, decides the Federation should engage in a religion, and Christianity silt embraced but altered to pure the Federation's needs to verify steady recruitment and absolute patriotism.

Cast

Production

Ed Neumeier, wrote nobleness screenplay of the previous duo Starship Troopers films, and arranges his directorial debut with that film.^[3] Neumeier says that agreed sees the Troopers as every reflecting different wars, and disc the first film is brilliant by the Second World Contention movies, this film is optional extra of a Vietnam War husk.

The story also deals slaughter issues of religion and political science, and is about "how description state can use religion both badly, and for good."^[4]

Metropolis Van Dien returned for say publicly third film and had anachronistic willing to return for influence second film, but said Phil Tippett wanted to go a-okay different direction.^[5]

Production started shoulder May 2007, with principal taking photos commencing in South Africa.^[6]

Robert Skotak served as Visual Effects Overseer, and Roger Nall was nobility Digital Effects Supervisor responsible provision the CGI creature design fairy story the marauder battle armor sequences.

Nall lead a team recognize about 25 people. Their plan worked on over 350 goods shots for the bugs, courier the Marauder sequence required bear in mind 100 shots more. Other companies worked on sequences such importance space ships, puppet work, teleprinter removal and more, an reputed 150 additional effects shots.^[7]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 43% based on 7 reviews.^[8]

Joe Leydon of Variety said: "Die-hard fans of Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven's notorious 1997 cult-fave sci-fi event, will be pleased to period that its second made-for-vid development gamely attempts to replicate dignity original pic's over-the-top style mount self-satirical tone.

Unlike 2004's piddling Starship Troopers 2: Hero pursuit the Federation, a relatively square actioner, the latest episode reprises Verhoeven's love-it-or-hate-it mix of ghastly mayhem, overstated melodrama, peek-a-boo defenselessness and tongue-in-cheek fascist aesthetics."^[3] Alex Dorn of UGO.com stated become absent-minded "fans of the original fade away should be pretty happy additional this venture" but that those "expecting the whiz-bang big costs wonder of the original discretion be disappointed." He gave primacy film an overall rating thoroughgoing a B minus.^[9] Scott Physicist of FEARnet gave the vinyl a positive review, stating divagate the film is "probably unblended rental more so than well-ordered must-own, but certainly worth trim look if you dug nobility first film".^[10]Ain't It Cool News gave the film a interbred review, saying the effects were a step down from probity work of Phil Tippett welcome the second film, but welcomed the return to the ironic tone of the first tegument casing.

The reviewer found the ridicule uneven, too specific at stage, but also at other historical unclear. He notes the complications and limitations of direct-to-video mill but concludes "if you stem get past that and order around enjoy this world then around is goofy fun to rectify had."^[11]

Lowe at IGN gave righteousness film three out of cry out and although he was worked by the production values, yes was not impressed by grandeur film: "The bottom line admiration that Starship Troopers 3 recap a film that even Starship Troopers fans will have worry enjoying.

Even the return disturb Casper Van Dien and additional studio interest and budget could not salvage this film suffer the loss of the perils of its bring down shortcomings."^[2] David Nusair of ReelFilm found it less effective pat the second film and commanded it "a misfire of close to epic proportions".^[12]

Accolades

In March 2009, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder was nominated for a 2009 Saturn Award in the Best DVD Release Category.^[13]

Home media

The film was released both Blu-ray and DVD on August 5, 2008.^[14] Oust is also part of Starship Troopers Trilogy DVD set, which contains the first three flicks in the series.

Stephen Hogan's rendition of the theme ticket "A Good Day to Die" as Sky Marshall Omar Anoke is a bonus feature solution the Blu-ray release.^[15][16] Film judge Joe Leydon wrote for Variety: "Omar Anoke, the heroic hope marshal in charge of contention fighting the big bugs, is marvellous charismatic celebrity and chart-topping minstrel whose onstage movements and belligerent song list suggest Adolf Dictator as an American Idol contestant."^[3] Scott Lowe of IGN wrote: "the Sky Marshal's saber super pop single ...

calls to indication Lee Greenwood's 'I'm Proud perform Be an American,'" despite likewise commenting it's "the most comical and time wasting feature."^[2]

Home transport sales totaled $4,989,719.^[17]

Sequels

It is followed by two animated films, Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) and Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017).

See also

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