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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."
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07/11/1997
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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
Tami-Adrian George
Djana'D
Julianna McCarthy
Expert
Dale Dye
General
Dean Norris
Commanding Officer
Marshall Bell
General Owen
Eric Bruskotter
Breckinridge
Matt Levin
Kitten Smith
Anthony Ruivivar
Shujimi
Brenda Strong
Captain Deladier
Christopher Curry
Mr. Bill Rico
Lenore Kasdorf
Mrs. Rico
Teo
Corporal Bronski
Curnal Achilles Aulisio
Sgt. Gillespie
Greg Travis
Net Correspondent
John Cunningham
Fed Net Announcer (voice)
Timothy McNeil
Expert
Robert David Hall
Recruiting Sergeant
Brad Kane
Lanny
Timothy Omundson
Psychic
Patrick Bishop
Engineering Officer
Hunter Bodine
Young Cap Trooper
Travis Lowen
Little Boy Trooper
Patrick Wolff
Late Cadet
Mara Duronslet
Communications Officer
Tyrone Tann
Student
Matt Entriken
Marco
Eric DaRe
Medic
Ronald L. Botchan
Jumpball Referee
Walter Adrian
Judge
Stephanie Erb
Young Mother
Alexi Lakatos
Stomping Kid
Nathaniel Marshall
Stomping Kid
Austin Sanderford
Stomping Kid
Rhiannon Vigil
Stomping Kid
Mylin Brooks
Female Trooper
Julie Pinson
Female Trooper
Armand Darrius
Male Trooper
Kai Lennox
Male Trooper
Brooke Morales
Cheerleader
Mike Stokey
Officer with Morita
Mary Ann Schmidt
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Aaron Stielstra
Trooper (uncredited)
Edward Neumeier
Defendant (uncredited)
Michael Papajohn
Dead Trooper (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano
Trooper (uncredited)
Mo Faisal
Trooper (uncredited)
R. Lee Ermey
Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Matt Duggan
Wounded Soldier on Gurney (uncredited)
Whitney Hall
Judge (uncredited)
Betty Hankins
Sky Marshal (uncredited)
Kaius Harrison
Cpl. Allen (uncredited)
Bruce Holman
Jump Ball Referee (uncredited)
Michael Gerald
Football Quarterback (uncredited)
Jon Davison
Buenos Aires Survivor (uncredited)
Dawn E. Anderson
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Tony Nichols
Cadet 'Flipper' (uncredited)
Dan Olivo
Academy Soilder (uncredited)
Zoë Poledouris
School Prom Lead Singer (uncredited)
Ashley Prendergast
Hot Female Trooper (uncredited)
Ray Quiroga
Male Trooper Leader (uncredited)
David Rey
Trooper (uncredited)
Dennis Collins
Soldier (uncredited)
Farnaz Samiinia
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Joleen Sanders
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Julia Self
Female Trooper (uncredited)
Claude Stuart
Student / Male Trooper (uncredited)
Parry Shen
Student (uncredited)
Cari Vega
Student / Female Trooper (uncredited)
Jim Temple
Male Trooper (uncredited)
Justin Ward
Medic (uncredited)
Sam P. Whitehead
Trooper (uncredited)
Melissa J. Ward
Trooper (uncredited)
Johnny Mansbach
Marine (uncredited)
David Beckett
Businessman (uncredited)
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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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##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 the question whether the humans were the ones who started the war and whether the Arachnids are simply acting in self-defense. A talk show guest finds the idea that there could be intelligent Arachnids preposterous, showing how much the propaganda has done to degrade the enemy. In a great scene we see the eye of one of the arachnids for the first …
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Good 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 horrendous. The practicals actually weren't so bad, but there are very few shots to actually appreciate them. Again, 1997, this movie is weirdly dated with its perception of what the future would have been. For those that weren't familiar, this is most decidedly spurred by the popularity of Starcraft in the late 1990's, and that there weren't too ma…
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I 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 movie is full of it (all the school children stomping on cockroaches saying "I'm doing my part"). This is a Paul Verhoeven masterpiece. Probably the most watched movie in my collection (right up there with RoboCop). Absolutely NO similarities with Robert A. Heinlein's controversial Hugo Award-winning bestselling book of the same name. I loved th…
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Almost a classic. Maybe it is a classic. Another semi classic or classic by Verhoeven. The "in your face" action is set to science fiction, this time with soldiers battling giant bugs from space. These are big bugs. I mean BIG BUGS! And they're mean and evil. The characters are especially likable. The comic relief in this one comes mostly from the fight scenes to anonymous characters in "commercials". The directing is probably what makes this as great as it is, but the writing is pretty dog gone good, too. While I prefer RoboCop, this is a great replacement movie for it, being the…
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You know, were this film maybe twenty minutes shorter then it would be quite a decent sci-fi action film. Sure, the cast is made up of pretty/handsome lightweight acting talent led by Casper Van Dien ("Rico”) but they do all gel quite well, providing us with quite a reasonable escapist effort. "Rico" is determined to enrol into the military to gain much sought after citizenship and to fight against the marauding Klendathan bugs. The story marries loads of typical gung-ho boot camp scenarios with some well photographed action scenes as our hero and his team of kick-ass buddies take on the gazil…
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I didn't think this was too bad, had a good story and decent effects. The acting was B grade for sure but because the plot had a surprise and held together quite nicely I enjoyed it. The character depth was done nicely as well so overall not the worst sci-fi movie I've seen.
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