Starship Troopers is set in the future and follows a group of friends who join Earth’s military forces after high school graduation. Their mission: to battle the insectoid Klendathu. One fights for the chance to be a renowned pilot (Denise Richards), one for revenge (Casper Van Dien), and one for the love of a good man (Dina Meyer), but interpersonal relationships take a back seat to the firepower leveled against (and returned from) the chitinous aliens. Paul Verhoeven’s subversively humorous and thrilling sci-fi film is adapted from the classic science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein.
