Starship Troopers

Nov 7, 1997

2h 9m

★ 7.1

A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.

Overview

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

Genres

Adventure

Action

Thriller

Science Fiction

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

Jon Davison Productions

Big Bug Pictures

Starship Troopers Trailers

Cast

Johnny D. Rico

Casper Van Dien

Dizzy Flores

Dina Meyer

Carmen Ibañez

Denise Richards

Private Ace Levy

Jake Busey

Colonel Carl Jenkins

Neil Patrick Harris

Career Sergeant Zim

Clancy Brown

Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Michael Ironside

Zander Barcalow

Patrick Muldoon

Private Sugar Watkins

Seth Gilliam

Biology Teacher

Rue McClanahan

Katrina McIntire

Blake Lindsley

Lieutenant Willy

Steven Ford

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