Starship Troopers 3 sounds like the most direct-to-video idea in the world and we're not about to come out here and tell you that it's not. However, we do feel compelled to let you know that it is also way more fun than it should be. Run, don't walk, to your nearest youtube.com and watch this movie. Then come over here and listen to this podcast so we can talk AT LENGTH about how wild of a ride this is.

As newly promoted Col. Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) returns to military service, political unrest brings the planet of Roku San to a breaking point. When Rico steps in to protect a farmer from a fellow soldier's violent outburst, he finds himself scheduled for execution. But Rico's life is spared when the Federation taps him to lead a secret mission, sending him on a collision course with the site of a new "bug" invasion -- and his old flame, Capt. Lola Beck (Jolene Blalock).