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Starship Troopers

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

1997 · R · 2h 9m

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

7.1

TMDB audience score
5,814 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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."

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Cast

  • 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

  • Seth Gilliam
    Private Sugar Watkins

  • Rue McClanahan
    Biology Teacher

  • Blake Lindsley
    Katrina McIntire

  • Steven Ford
    Lieutenant Willy

  • Ungela Brockman
    Corporal Birdie

  • Bruce Gray
    Sky Marshal Dienes

  • Denise Dowse
    Sky Marshal Tehat Meru

  • Amy Smart
    Cadet Lumbreiser

  • Tami-Adrian George
    Djana'D

  • Julianna McCarthy
    Expert