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."

• DirectorPaul Verhoeven
• Release7 November 1997
• Genre
  Adventure / Action
• Duration2h 9m
• Budget$105,000,000
• Revenue$121,214,377
• Rate
  

  7.1
  5103 reviews
• Productions

  TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Jon Davison Productions, Big Bug Pictures