Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis

An absurd title for an absurd movie. Think of it as a Thai version of Scary Movie, only the characters aren't denser than lead -most of them aren't, anyway- and the plot isn't a mash up of last years top grossing horror films. That isn't to say that the film doesn't spoof other, more famous movies. It's just not as blatant about it and casts a much wider net. I was by no means expecting to be reminded of Peter Pan when watching this movie, for example.

Highlights include:

• The best Man vs. Giant Mutant Snake fight I've ever seen (and I've seen plenty).
• The goggles! They do something!
• Unconventional methods of recharging batteries (don't try this at home, kids).
  
• Some nice animated segments - one of the early ones reminded me of Terry Gilliam's work, I'm not entirely sure why.

Downsides:

• There were several times throughout the movie where I got the vague sense that a joke had just gone completely over my head. One of the perils of foreign comedy, I suppose.
• Whoever did the subtitles should be sacked. It was far too common for the characters to be talking and for there to be no subtitles. I highly doubt that I'm alone among region 1 viewers in being unable to speak Thai. The subtitles were also in serious need of at least being run through spellchecker.
  

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

If you thought that the original Starship Troopers placed too much emphasis on the Mobile Infantry and Johnny Rico and not enough on Jesus: this is the movie for you.

If you want to see Casper Van Dien take his shirt off again now that he's 11 years older: this is the movie for you.

If you have a fetish for mobile phones the size and shape of a brick: this is the movie for you.

If you saw the word 'Marauder' in the title and were excited because you read Heinlein' original novel: this is not the movie for you. The powered armor would have looked dated 11 years ago and gets less than 5 minutes of screen time - which it shares with people praying, of course.

If you want social satire with your space marines and giant bugs: this is not the movie for you. You will find no satire in this movie that hasn't been covered a dozen times over in better works.

If you just want to see some giant bugs, is that so much to ask?: I'm sorry. You might enjoy the first 40 minutes if you can get past the scorpion moving exactly like the ants did in 1954's Them!.