"A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war."
Story
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".
Runtime
129 min.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Cast / Superheroes
| 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 |
| Armand Darrius | Male Trooper |
| Kai Lennox | Male Trooper |
| Edward Neumeier | Defendant (uncredited) |
| Brooke Morales | Cheerleader |
| Julie Pinson | Female Trooper |
| Mary Ann Schmidt | Female Trooper (uncredited) |
| Aaron Stielstra | Trooper (uncredited) |
| Mike Stokey | Officer with Morita |
| 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) |
