Starship Troopers vs The Core

Starship Troopers has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 5.8/10 for The Core). Starship Troopers is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 16m. Starship Troopers is the older of the two (1997 against 2003). Both are adventure, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Starship Troopers posterStarship Troopers1997 VS The Core posterThe Core2003
Starship TroopersThe Core
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 5.8/10
Year19972003
Length2h 9m2h 16m
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, ThrillerAdventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorPaul VerhoevenJon Amiel
Main castNeil Patrick Harris, Seth Gilliam, Clancy Brown, Casper Van Dien, Denise RichardsAaron Eckhart, DJ Qualls, Bruce Greenwood, Richard Jenkins, Glenn Morshower

Synopsis

Starship Troopers

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

The Core

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

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