Starship Troopers . Tucson Weekly . 11-17-97

Starship Troopers

DIRECTED BY: Paul Verhoeven

REVIEWED: 11-17-97

Johnny and Carmen are sweethearts, but Carmen loves Zander, because he looks so good in uniform. So she joins the army to be near him. So Johnny joins to be near Carmen. So Dizzy, who loves Johnny, joins to be near him. Oddly, even though they're from Buenos Aires, they all speak English with perfect Southern California accents, and are the most white-bread people in the armed forces. Anyway, Carmen sends a "Dear Johnny" letter, and Johnny has a night of passion with Dizzy, so giant space insects kill Dizzy. If the giant space insects kill Zander, then perhaps Johnny and Carmen can finally be together. Meanwhile, Doogie Howser MD has psychic congress with the bugs, even though he really loved Dizzy all along. An unprecedented number of things, people, and insects get blown up or chewed up, and some brains are eaten, but this provides the hope for salvation. Sadly, we have to wait for the sequel to see if the bugs are defeated, Johnny gets to have love with Carmen, and Doogie Howser learns how to say his lines without making the audience guffaw. Rated "R" for completely gratuitous nudity and lots of little pieces of human bodies flying all over the place.

--DiGiovanna

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