Starship Troopers (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Michael Ironside
Diz gets killed. The big brain bug sucks the brains out of Carmen's new boyfriend. The Rough Necks capture the brain bug, allowing them to start defeating the bugs. The surviving Rough Necks become high ups in the military. The end becomes one big "sign up NOW!" commercial.
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Revealing mistake: When they are learning how to throw knives, the guy gets one thrown through his hand. If you watch this carefully, blood starts coming out of his hand before the knife hits. (00:28:45)
Jean Rasczak: Come on you apes! You want to live forever?
Trivia: The view that people acquired citizenship and the right to vote through military service reflected the views of "Starship Troopers" author Robert Heinlein. His views were influenced by his years in military service during World War II, and what he saw as the supposed "laziness" of civilians.
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Chosen answer: Mainly the book is about the war against an alien enemy in a facist society. It goes into considerable detail about the facist society being fully functional, unlike those in the past.
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