Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

"They're coming back to wipe us out!"

2004 1h 32m EN

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★4.5TMDB · 740

AdventureHorrorActionScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A group of troopers take refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.

“They're coming back to wipe us out!”

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Cast

Colleen Porch
Pvt. Lei Sahara
Richard Burgi
Captain Dax
Lawrence Monoson
Lt. Pavlov Dill
Brenda Strong
Sgt. Dede Rake
Ed Lauter
General J.G. Shepherd
Cy Carter
Pvt. Billie Otter
Kelly Carlson
Pvt. Charlie Soda
Ed Quinn
Cpl. Joe Griff

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phil Tippett
Writers: Edward Neumeier
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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Part of the "Starship Troopers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phil Tippett, shot by Christian Sebaldt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John W. Morgan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Louise Rubacky shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Colleen Porch and Richard Burgi and Lawrence Monoson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're coming back to wipe us out!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0367093 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Phil Tippett directs. Christian Sebaldt behind the camera. John W. Morgan scores. Louise Rubacky cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "Starship Troopers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Phil Tippett, shot by Christian Sebaldt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by John W. Morgan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Louise Rubacky shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Colleen Porch and Richard Burgi and Lawrence Monoson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They're coming back to wipe us out!".
8IMDB entry: tt0367093 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "general", "extraterrestrial technology", "troops", "us army".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Christian Sebaldt
Original score: John W. Morgan
Editing: Louise Rubacky
Production design: Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Costume design: Jennifer L. Parsons
Makeup / hair: Deborah Rutherford
VFX supervisor: Eric Leven
Sound: Steve Boeddeker
Stunt coordinator: Bobby C. King
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)

Part of

Starship Troopers Collection

Starship Troopers is an American military science fiction media franchise based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein and the satirical 1997 film adaptation by screenwriter Edward Neumeier and director Paul Verhoeven.

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Gimly2017-08-29
★ 4/10
Suffers on its own because of the terrible acting, subpar CGI and unimpressive setting. Worse though comes when you compare it to the first film, because it completely lacks everything that made the original Starship Troopers enjoyable. It does introduce some interesting things to the mythology, it's a shame that it had to come in such a dour package though. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-10
★ 1/10
You see I love tropes, they are what makes genres what they are... and Starship Troopers 2 is full of tropes... ... the problem is that they don't add anything to the genre. It's not the low budget, the setting is exactly what you would expect from a low budget Sci-Fi flick. It's not the acting, they actually do a good job. It's not even the Fx. The problem is that it doesn't add anything to the genre. We have seen this before over and over again. We have seen it done better. We have seen it with a better plot that says more . This, well, this is just the same old film rehashed. The X-Files did it better with Ice.