6.6 Score

1997 • 2h 9min • R • Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Thriller

Starship Troopers

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

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."

IMDb 7.3

RT 68%

MC 52

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Writer

Edward Neumeier

Composer

Basil Poledouris

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Casper Van Dien

Johnny D. Rico

Dina Meyer

Dizzy Flores

Denise Richards

Carmen Ibañez

Jake Busey

Private Ace Levy

Neil Patrick Harris

Colonel Carl Jenkins

Clancy Brown

Career Sergeant Zim

Michael Ironside

Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Patrick Muldoon

Zander Barcalow

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