Review of Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) by Jason J — 18 Feb 2011

A welcome return to form in the Starship Troopers saga after the awfulness of the 2nd movie even though this movie is far from perfect. Casper Van Dien also returns as the hero from the original Johnny Rico.

It was refreshing to see they reclaimed much of what made the original so great when making Marauder. The filmmakers tried to copy its style and in some aspects they succeeded. In others however, they failed miserably.

Nevertheless, I think they put a lot of effort into the movie this time. The story is not too bad. If you are willing to overlook some flaws you might find to like it. They even implemented a plot twist, which however was not very surprising at all.

What I really could not stand was the needlessly exaggerated part about religion. Fans of the original who can accept this movie won't be a big-budgeted action flick, will have cheesy moments, some cringeworthy dialogue and not the best of everything, might just enjoy it.

I wouldn't mind seeing as fourth, just be sure to bring Dien back again!