Starship Troopers 4K 1997

Like Roland Emmerich and Wolfgang Petersen, the Dutchman Paul Verhoeven is made for Hollywood. He knows no fear of contact with complex production methods and garish comic book entertainment. Robocop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Starship Troopers (1997) are among the best that science fiction cinema produced during this phase. Fanboy dreams, great special effects, innovative stories and brilliantly staged action mixed with dark visions of the future that denounce the mercilessness of capitalist principles with barely concealed sarcasm and, in beautiful chronology, outline a social development, at the end of which the loss of Democracy stands. Here we go...

The 25th century. Democracy has been abolished and people live in an authoritarian world federation in which only those civil rights who commit to military service are granted. This is not the only reason why Rico (Casper van Dien), Diz (Dina Meyer), Carmen (Denise Richards) and Carl (Neil Patrick Harris) are drawn to the armed forces. She also lures adventure or simply the desire to stay close to her sweethearts.

In Paul Verhoeven's action-packed war satire Starship Troopers, four teenagers are drawn to the war against beetle aliens. But the supposed adventure becomes a bloody nightmare – now enjoy on 4k Blu-ray and Dolby Atmos!

It's hard to believe that Starship Troopers with its criticism of propaganda and totalitarianism was misunderstood by the US reviewers at the time. They let themselves be lured into the trap by the show values of the Riefenstahl look – basically like the young soldiers who storm their own doom with a great hurray.