To 'B' Or Not To 'B'

In the film industry there are two types of movies; the standard theater blockbuster and the straight to DVD or TV movie. It's the latter that we focus on here.

These straight to DVD or TV movies are normally referred to as 'B' movies. These are movies that were made on a low budget, usually with actors just beginning or ending their careers, and involve a theme or story that nine out of ten times is mediocre at best.

The Science Fiction genre makes a very good living on these types of movies. In fact three to four of these such films can be seen on the Sci-Fi channel on any given day. These movies have ranged from good to bad, to what where they smoking when this seemed like a good idea.

Here is a very tiny list of some of our most memorable 'B' movies.

Equilibrium - released shorty after The Matrix, Equilibrium was one of the better films to start using the same type of choreography.


Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Did somebody say "Franchise Savior." Casper Van Dien returns with Paul Verhoeven to save a stumbling franchise. Read our full review HERE

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation - Minus everyone from the original movie, add a decent storyline with some terrible acting and what we have here is a disappointment.

Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident - remember this list is memorable movies, memorable does not mean good, or in this case, anywhere even close to decent. Full review available HERE

There are hundreds of others and we want to hear some of your most memorable, so drop us a comment and express yourself. - GJ

Movie Review: Starship Troopers 3 - Marauder

Franchise savior. This third installment not only brings back beloved trooper Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien), but director Paul Verhoeven as well. With the return of Paul Verhoeven we get a movie that has more blood, gore, and even better nudity.

The story is on the same track as previous installments; new bug super weapon, troopers stranded fighting for their lives, and a hero looking to save the day. Our hero, Johnny Rico, must use the new Marauder advanced weapons to save Sky Marshall Anoke (Stephen Hogan) and Capt. Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock) who were stranded on the planet OM-1.


For positives we like the controversy with the faith and religion side story; It's about time the Mobile Infantry had some sort of vehicle, seriously this is suppose to be a future war; And finally, we get Johnny Rico back, what more could you ask for?

Well there's Ace (Jake Busy) and Carmen (Denise Richards) but hey maybe they were waiting to see how things went so they could rejoin the fight in the fourth film.


The biggest complaint we've seen circling the Internet was how bad the computer graphics were. Really they weren't that bad and were even better than expected when you remember that this film is a B film, which means low budget.

Greatest thing about this film, if you haven't seen the second film, well that's okay because you don't have to for this installment to make sense. So our advice, if your not a hardcore science fiction fan, you may want to bypass film two and go straight for three.

Well see you on the battlefield trooper, and remember it's a good day to die!