Starship Troopers: Traitor Of Mars [DVD]

Starship Troopers

Thousands of viewers were left impressed when in 1997 the famous director Paul Verhoeven premiered Starship Troopers, an intense science fiction film that elevated the concept of extraterrestrial war to a new level. After the premiere of this film, nothing would be the same for the audience, who became hooked on that terrible futuristic world in which society, through young soldiers, fights tirelessly against space bugs.

In Starship Troopers, society has to deal with a terrible enemy: arachnids. These aliens spread terror in their wake due to their violence and enormous size, not to mention that they have the body of an insect capable of doing real atrocities. The world government relies on mobile infantry and its various experts to combat the bugs planet by planet, claiming territory and trying to keep human society from disappearing. In this paradigm Johnny Rico becomes one of the new officers sent into space to continue the war with the arachnids alongside a group of recruits who, like him, will be formed knowing that they will soon have to risk their lives.

The arrowhead of a great saga

This first film was the first stone of a great saga that has remained active through sequels and even video games for many years. Its universe describes one of the most captivating science fiction settings in cinema, one of those that is dramatic, but still manages to attract the viewer. The camaraderie between soldiers, the existence of humans with high-level mental abilities and the fight against insects are elements that have helped make Starship Troopers a key mark in the history of science fiction cinema. But it all started here, with the first adventure of Rico and his people.

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Starship Troopers, even for the time in which it was released, maintains its visual appeal in an irreplaceable way. The great skills of its director turn the film into one of those works that science fiction lovers can watch over and over again without ever getting tired. In part it is due to how spectacular it is, so much so that there are times when it seems like a video game, but also to the excellent pace of the film and the incorporation of humorous capsules that help make everything more fluid. Having it in your DVD or Blu-ray movie collection is a perfect way to know that you can always have 129 minutes of pure fun.

Master Paul Verhoeven

After an intense career in science fiction, it can be said that Starship Troopers was the last film of the genre that Paul Verhoeven directed, as if he had reached such a height that he did not want to tarnish the memory by getting behind the camera again in one of these films. Previously, his mastery of the genre had been reflected in such impressive and essential works as RoboCop and Desafío Total, films in which he left a particular stamp that has led him to be one of the biggest names. He always knew how to take advantage of a good story, in this case the science fiction book written by Robert A. Heinlein, the creator of Starship Troopers.