Released
Starship Troopers
November 7 1997 (about 27 years ago)Rating
Based on
4863 reviews
A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Writer: Edward Neumeier
- Genres: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Runtime: 2 h 9 m
- Budget: $105,000,000
- Box office: $121,214,377
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Jon Davison Productions, Big Bug Pictures
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".