Johnny Rico is a High School Student, just about to Graduate
he has a girlfriend that he wants to be with
she resembles the great late Michael Jackson, or does he resemble her?
Johnny is good at sports
but has low grades
he wants to join the Military
mainly because his girlfriend wants to join
but his parents don't approve
but he's going to join anyway, because its his choice
the other reason he wants to join is because
he gets to fly in ships
shoot bugs
and enjoy co-ed showers, censored for your eyes!
despite being perfect for the job he has some set backs
his girlfriend dumps him as soon as he joins..they are in different branches anyhow
he gets a man killed, and as a result he gets his ass whipped like Kunta Kente.
but despite this he finds purpose
the bugs kill his parents and many people he knows, and destroy his hometown
now this sounds like the plotline for some fascist military recruitment movie?
some critics panned this movie as nothing more then a mindless summer blockbuster
about shooting bugs
but it is actually quite an intelligent satire, about facism and militarism. The acting is masterfully hammy and cliché. The movie doesnt act like its a 1997 movie about the future, it acts like a 2357 movie aimed to propagandize a generation into a contemporary fascist state.
The movie is made by Paul Verhoeven who geniusly lampooned corporations in Robocop. The movie is designed entirely to mimic a propaganda film of the 1940s, it might as well be about this guy. Squint your Eyes.
unfortunately the sequels are all B movies