Starship Troopers - A classic - on more levels that you may be bothered to think about 

Starship Troopers is set far in the future where our precious Earth is threatened by a race of giant ugly alien bugs. Therefore, we call upon our heroic young men and women of the mobile infantry to fly out into the vastness of space, wipe these aliens nasties out of existence and return triumphant.

That was the plot and the plan rolled into one.

You could be thinking that's it's just another mindless action film where annoyingly attractive men and women (who should really be models than soldiers) shoot swarms of CGI monsters. And it is. Only it is and it isn't. Yes, there are plenty of breath-taking action scenes where the computer effects actually work and it really does look like the monsters are there.

However, although Starship Troopers likes to come across as just another shoot-em-up film, it does have - believe it or not - some deeper meaning. It pokes fun at the media, propaganda and even allows us to catch a glimpse of a `utopian' future which is only one step away from fascist (check out the eerily similar Nazi uniforms the officers wear).

If you liked Robocop and the way it almost threw in some tongue in cheek social and political commentary with mindless action, then you should like this. And, if you're like me, you'll be repeating the slogans from the film for days to come... They'll keep fighting... and they'll WIN!!! 

9/10 almost as perfect as The Godfather