Story Line
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."
“A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.”
Top 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
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1997-11-07
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
AdventureActionThrillerScience Fiction
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Starship Troopers Collection
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User Reviews (7)
Gimly
8/10
•8/29/2017A rare example of when a bad adaptation of a book winds up making a good standalone movie. Near Kubrick-ian in its wartime satire, _Starship Troopers_ is, before it is anything else, fun.
_Final rating:★★★★ - Very strong appeal. A personal favouri...
Zamomin
8/10
•9/8/2018##No time for regrets in the fury of battle
Again and again there are undertones in this movie that show us that the situation is not as simple as the leaders of the world portrayed in the film might want their underlings to believe. A reporter asks...
Kamurai
6/10
•7/22/2020Good watch, will watch again, and can recommend, possible for a Bad Movie Night.
I'll start by saying the movie definitely isn't good, it's infamous for being a bad movie that people still love. Granted it was 1997, but the cg effects were horren...
misubisu
10/10
•10/1/2022I remember when I watched this movie at the theatre in 1997. It was unlike any movie I had ever seen... dismemberment, blood & guts all over the place.
But it was all in context.
Verhoeven really had a way with deceptively smart satire and this mov...