Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel of the same name. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. 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 insectoid species known as Arachnids.
Plot
In the 23rd century, while colonizing new planets, humans have encountered a hostile non-technological insectoid species known as Arachnids, but commonly referred to as "Bugs". The Bugs appear to be little more than savage, unrelenting killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats.
Cast
- Amy Smart
- Anthony Ruivivar
- Brenda Strong
- Bruce Gray
- Casper Van Dien
- Christopher Curry
- Clancy Brown
- Dale Dye
- Dean Norris
- Denise Dowse
- Denise Richards
- Dina Meyer
- Edward Neumeier
- Eric Bruskotter
- Greg Travis
- Jake Busey
- John Cunningham
- Julianna McCarthy
- Julie Pinson
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Marshall Bell
- Michael Ironside
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Patrick Muldoon
- Robert David Hall
- Rue McClanahan
- Seth Gilliam
- Steven Ford
- Timothy Omundson
- Zoë Poledouris