This is one of the coolest "summer blockbusters" ever. I remember it was the first movie where I felt like the marketing was shoving it down my throat. When I finally saw it on video I was blown away.
I thought he did recapture some of the magic with Starship Troopers. On first viewing it might seem like a shallow, 90210-in-space action movie. Watch it again with more attention and it's a wonderfully arch, grand guignol comment on how war makes fascists of us all. It was not quite Total Recall in terms of classic movie-making, but it was on the level of Robocop in terms of social comment contained within brainless, R-rated, sci-fi action.
EDIT: Nevermind, it actually does. Those drums in the background... Brilliant!