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

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

Uniformly brilliant.

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

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

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

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

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

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