Starship Troopers | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

We can appreciate it for what it really is and notice the subtle comments it makes on the dangers of following along with leaders in a fascist society.

It's not as serious as it is a comic variation on old-fashioned ideas. Kids won't get the tongue-in-cheek approach, but part of the appeal is that the movie works on both levels.

Paul Verhoeven's ahead-of-its-time satire is equal parts grotesque and hilarious, while acting as an indictment of the war-oriented mentality that would consume our nation just a few years after its release.

Verhoeven is absolutely cutthroat in this satire about war, propaganda and fascism. The fact that audiences and critics may have missed the intention of this fun, hilarious and gory war film is wild. 25 years later it still holds up

The sci-fi film’s cautionary tale about reckless militarism and the dangers of fascism feels even more relevant today than it did when the movie was released 25 years ago...