Directed by Paul Verhoeven RoboCop is a wild movie. It's a fun action movie with layers upon layers of satire. It's dark and grim but also fun and absurd. It's a version of Detroit straight out of Gotham, where crime isn't just rampant but there are movie villains everywhere you look. They laugh like hyenas, … Continue reading RoboCop (1987)
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven Starship Troopers only borrowed the name from the science-fiction book written by Edward Neumeier after similarities between that book and the screenplay, originally titled Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine. Director Paul Verhoeven couldn't read more than a few chapters of the Neumeier book, saying it made him "bored and depressed." Verhoeven later explained … Continue reading Starship Troopers (1997)