Starship Troopers: Deadlock

Starship Troopers Deadlock is a 2022 German Science-Fiction Film. It is a sequel to the 2008 film Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and connects to the animated films Starship Troopers: Invasion and Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars. Unlike the first film, the characters and plot have nothing in common with the novel Starship Troopers of Robert A. Heinlein. The German release date fell on June 19, 2022.
Plot
Since the attack on Buenos Aires, Earth has been at war with the Arachnoids. But also internally not everything runs smoothly in the ranks of the Federation. Scattered paramilitaries try to cook their own soup. But then one of their projects goes completely off the rails. Sky Marshal Burghardt has to sort out the situation. He sends a small group of Mobile Infantry led by Commander Schröder to the scene to investigate the incident. There are still intact structures in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on the cratered edge of the destroyed city. The Mobile Infantry group must enter a half-destroyed bunker-like building. At first, it seems to be a normal reconnaissance mission. But then one trooper after the other disappears. Commander Schröder, together with only two remaining troopers, finds a secret laboratory where the paramilitaries had tried to build a biological weapon to fight the bugs. In the process, they created the Sniperbug, but control of it has slipped away. The Sniperbug has hitherto unknown abilities, such as a protective shield, a wave-based weapon that vaporizes the victim's brain almost immediately, and the ability to manipulate its victims telepathically. Confronted with this, only one trooper survives in the end, as well as Commander Schröder, who is seriously injured.
Awards
The film won prizes at the following film festivals:
* 4 Theatre Selection in categories Best Low Budget Short and Best Sci-Fi.
* Hollywood Blood Horror Festival in categories Best Producer, Best Sci-Fi, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Score, Best VFX, Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
* Hollywood On The Tiber Film Awards in category Best Action Movie.
* Los Angeles Film Awards in category Best Action Short Film.
* OTB - Only The Best International Film Awards in categories Best Visual Effects, Best Sci-Fi Short Film, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design.
* Rome International Movie Awards in categories Best Producer, Best Sci-Fi, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Trailer, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Original Score, Best VFX.
* Berlin Short Film Festival in category Best German Short Film.
* Monthly Indie Shorts in category Best Action Short Film.
* Hollywood Gold Awards as Honorable Mention
* Lonley Wolf International Film Fest 2022 London as Nominee
Production
The film was shot from December 10, 2016 to August 8, 2020. The production was a no-budget production. The film had its German premiere on June 19, 2022 in Munich at Rio Filmpalast.

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