Starship Troopers (film)

Starship Troopers is a 1997 American satirical military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, originally from an unrelated script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine, but eventually licensing the name Starship Troopers, from a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise. The film had a budget estimated around 105 million and grossed over 121 million worldwide.

In the 23rd century, Earth has become a spacefaring federation. While colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or Bugs, with their home being the distant world Klendathu. The bugs appear to be little more than killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats.In the federation, citizenship is a privilege earned by serving through such activities as military service citizens are granted opportunities prohibited to others. John Johnny Rico Casper Van Dien, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez Denise Richards and best friend Carl Jenkins Neil Patrick Harris attend high school in Buenos Aires. Fellow student Isabel Dizzy Flores Dina Meyer is in love with Rico, but he does not reciprocate. They enlist in the Federal Service after graduation. Carmen becomes a spaceship pilot assigned to the Rodger Young, while psychically gifted Carl joins Military Intelligence. Rico enlists in the Mobile Infantry expecting to be with Carmen, but is surprised to find Dizzy, who wanted to be near him. ........

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