At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Starship Troopers is one of Verhoeven's most underrated works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Starship Troopers is one of Verhoeven's most underrated works.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A cross-pollination of tough Dirty Harry and Frankenstein - often startles the viewer with imagery and ideas.

~ Scott Macdonald -

A cross-pollination of tough Dirty Harry and Frankenstein - often startles the viewer with imagery and ideas.

~ Scott Macdonald -

As usual with big budget sci-fi movies, what is missing are characters that live and breathe.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

As usual with big budget sci-fi movies, what is missing are characters that live and breathe.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

On the level of grand gestures and mythic narrative, the film is spectacular. In other ways, it struggles a little.

~ Jennie Kermode -

On the level of grand gestures and mythic narrative, the film is spectacular. In other ways, it struggles a little.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Uniformly brilliant.

~ Caro Ness -

Uniformly brilliant.

~ Caro Ness -

The interplay of the spiritual and the sensual is vital here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The interplay of the spiritual and the sensual is vital here.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Verhoeven is definitely attempting to emulate The Master here, and is frequently successful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Verhoeven is definitely attempting to emulate The Master here, and is frequently successful.

~ Amber Wilkinson -