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Starship Troopers

1997 · 129 min · Director: Paul Verhoeven ★ IMDb 7.3 · 351,021 ratings

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In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.

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Starship Troopers (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Tension 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear20%
  2. Humor10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Tension, Fear. Genres: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Relief

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessRelief
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension55 %43 %3 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Excitement46 %28 %8 %6 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Sadness40 %23 %16 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing43 %33 %15 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Excitement46 %35 %6 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Excitement53 %38 %14 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Sadness63 %53 %31 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Tension66 %60 %38 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Sadness69 %61 %35 %8 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Tension77 %73 %31 %4 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Tension76 %74 %31 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Tension64 %54 %23 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Excitement64 %45 %13 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Tension79 %68 %30 %11 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Tension84 %75 %59 %9 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Sadness80 %65 %60 %10 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension84 %76 %40 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Tension80 %69 %23 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Relief68 %38 %12 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 126′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Dina Meyer

Dizzy Flores

Jake Busey

Private Ace Levy

Neil Patrick Harris

Colonel Carl Jenkins

Clancy Brown

Career Sergeant Zim

Michael Ironside

Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Patrick Muldoon

Zander Barcalow

SG
Seth Gilliam

Private Sugar Watkins

RM
Rue McClanahan

Biology Teacher

BL
Blake Lindsley

Katrina McIntire

SF
Steven Ford

Lieutenant Willy

UB
Ungela Brockman

Corporal Birdie

BG
Bruce Gray

Sky Marshal Dienes

Denise Dowse

Sky Marshal Tehat Meru

Amy Smart

Cadet Lumbreiser

TG
Tami-Adrian George

Djana'D

Dale Dye

General

Dean Norris

Commanding Officer

Details

Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 351,021 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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