Smell the Movies
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 1997 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Paul Verhoeven |
| Genre: | Loyalty, survival, big fucking bugs |
| Starring: | Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/ |
| Tagline: | Genocide doesn't compare to this |
| Favourite line: | "The Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today." |
Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi extravaganza is like a cross between Robocop, Aliens and Zulu, blurring the line between satire and storytelling, and is a fine commentary on the military throughout - see the desk sergeant signing up the new recruits. "Infantry made me the man I am today" as he wheels back to reveal he has no legs.
Blood thirsty, darkly comic and politically aware, this is a superior slice of sci-fi hokum.
The special effects are simply dazzling, and the scenes with the humans fighting the insect hordes have to be seen to be believed.
Engagingly silly.
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