Film

Starship Troopers

1997 · 2h 9m · Adventure · Action · Thriller

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

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Metacritic

52

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."

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

• Paul VerhoevenDirector
• Edward NeumeierScreenplay
• Robert A. HeinleinNovel
• Jon DavisonProducer
• Alan MarshallProducer
• Jost VacanoDirector of Photography
• Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
• Mark GoldblattEditor
• Caroline RossEditor
• Elaine J. HuzzarCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

November 7, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 9m

Rated

R

Budget

$105,000,000

Revenue

$121,214,377

Genres

Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

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