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Starship Troopers

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7.1/10 • 4.9K

1997-11-072h 9m

AdventureActionThrillerScience Fiction

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".

Directors
Paul Verhoeven
Editors
Mark Goldblatt

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  1. Casper Van Dien

    Casper Van Dien

    Johnny D. Rico

  2. Dina Meyer

    Dina Meyer

    Dizzy Flores

  3. Denise Richards

    Denise Richards

    Carmen Ibañez

  4. Jake Busey

    Jake Busey

    Private Ace Levy

  5. Neil Patrick Harris

    Neil Patrick Harris

    Colonel Carl Jenkins

  6. Clancy Brown

    Clancy Brown

    Career Sergeant Zim

  7. Michael Ironside

    Michael Ironside

    Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

  8. Patrick Muldoon

    Patrick Muldoon

    Zander Barcalow

  9. Seth Gilliam

    Seth Gilliam

    Private Sugar Watkins

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Gimly

Aug 29, 2017

8/10

A 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 favourite.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$105,000,000.00
Revenue
$121,214,377.00
Keywords
spacecraftspace marinearmymoonbased on novel or bookasteroidintelligencedystopiabuenos aires, argentinaspace battlesatiregiant insectcreaturesoldierdrill instructormilitarybugs