Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)  Actors: Casper Van Dien,
Jolene Blalock, Marnette Patterson, Cokey Falkow, Boris Kodjoe
Edward Neumeier English, French, Spanish 1 (US and Canada only)
Aspect Ratio: Number of discs: Sony Pictures DVD Release Date:
August 5, 2008 Run Time: 105 minutes    The previous 2004 sequel
to Starship Troopers was a small-scale intimate standalone
horror movie set within the same fictional universe as Paul
Verhoeven's largely misunderstood 1997 magnum opus.  This
direct-to-DVD release by first-time director Ed Nieumeier (he
wrote the original Starship Troopers as well as Robocop) is its
direct opposite.  It is a direct sequel to the original film and
even though it is set ten years later it does in fact features
some of the characters (Casper van Dien returns as Johnny Rico,
the original's chief protagonist) from the 1997 film. Starship
Troopers 3 is also much more ambitious, featuring a sprawling
story that often across as more of a remake of the Verhoeven
film than a sequel at tim