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Starship Troopers (1997)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Action | Science Fiction | Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, schofizzy, JohnPeel, Angjonesy, noahphex, jenerator, sleestakk

Overview

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”.

Rated R | Length 129 minutes

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Casper Van Dien | Dina Meyer | Denise Richards | Jake Busey | Neil Patrick Harris | Clancy Brown | Michael Ironside | Patrick Muldoon | Seth Gilliam | Rue McClanahan | Blake Lindsley | Steven Ford | Ungela Brockman | Bruce Gray | Denise Dowse | Amy Smart | Tami-Adrian George | Julianna McCarthy | Dale Dye | Dean Norris | Marshall Bell | Eric Bruskotter | Matt Levin | Anthony Ruivivar | Brenda Strong | Christopher Curry | Lenore Kasdorf | Teo | Curnal Achilles Aulisio | Greg Travis | John Cunningham | Timothy McNeil | Robert David Hall | Brad Kane | Timothy Omundson | Patrick Bishop | Hunter Bodine | Travis Lowen | Patrick Wolff | Mara Duronslet | Tyrone Tann | Matt Entriken | Eric DaRe | Ronald L. Botchan | Walter Adrian | Stephanie Erb | Alexi Lakatos | Nathaniel Marshall | Austin Sanderford | Rhiannon Vigil | Mylin Brooks | Julie Pinson | Armand Darrius | Kai Lennox | Brooke Morales | Mike Stokey | Mary Ann Schmidt | Aaron Stielstra | Edward Neumeier | Michael Papajohn | Michael A. Valenzano | Mo Faisal | R. Lee Ermey | Matt Duggan | Whitney Hall | Betty Hankins | Kaius Harrison | Bruce Holman | Michael Gerald | Jon Davison | Dawn E. Anderson | Tony Nichols | Dan Olivo | Zoë Poledouris | Ashley Prendergast | Ray Quiroga | David Rey | Dennis Collins | Farnaz Samiinia | Joleen Sanders | Julia Self | Claude Stuart | Parry Shen | Cari Vega | Jim Temple | Justin Ward | Sam P. Whitehead | Melissa J. Ward | Johnny Mansbach | David Beckett

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Viewing Notes

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”. While not all that faithful an adaptation to the book, Starship Troopers manages to hit the tone of the book and hit on a lot of the themes, while still managing to hammer in a somewhat usable love triangle. We don’t get the actual Mobile Infantry suits from the book, but the aliens are diverse and nasty and everything I wanted from the bugs in the book. I hadn’t actually read the book before I saw the film and I will say if you’ve read the book there’s a lot that will disappoint you with this, but I love Verhoven and this just worked for me.

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