15 Movies You Won’t Believe Are 20 Years Old

Back in 1997, people weren’t really sure what to make of Paul Verhoeven’s action sci-fi Starship Troopers. Maybe it’s because it came hot on the heels of Verhoeven’s multi-Razzie winning Showgirls or maybe it’s because some thought it took its source material – Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial, military-glorifying book of the same name – a little too literally but many a critic though it either vapid or, even worse, misinterpreted it as supportive of the novel’s fascist overtones.

But of course, it was neither of those things and thankfully a horde of more discerning fans have reassessed it as the brilliantly satirical and ruthlessly funny parody of blind patriotism and right-wing militarism it should’ve been recognised as first time around.

Like IKWYDLS and Men in Black, it’s another 1997 film that Hollywood just can’t leave alone with a reboot headed by Columbia Pictures already in the works. It’s reported to be a more faithful adaptation of Heinlein’s book though, so expect a more pro-military than parodying tone which feels kind of scary in the era of Donald Trump and his Twitter-based nuclear threats.