Saturday Blockbuster: Starship Troopers
Saturday January 9th at 8. 30 pm:
Starship Troopers
Cast: Casper VanDien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey
Director: Paul Verhoeven
A new kind of enemy, a new kind of war.
Acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven, whose motion pictures include
the science-fiction blockbuster Total Recall and the erotic
thriller Basic Instinct, reunites with the creative team behind his
hit film RoboCop for a pulse-pounding adventure that races to the
outer reaches of the galaxy.
In Starship Troopers, a handful of dedicated young soldiers must
rise to the challenge of intergalactic warfare with a species of
terrifying alien insects that threaten to eliminate the human
race.
In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant
alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are
intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time
before the war...
Upon graduating school, Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) volunteers
for the Mobile Infantry to do his Federal Service. Far from having
patriotic motives, Johnny has joined the infantry to win the heart
of his girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards) who has signed
up for the Fleet Academy to become a Starship pilot.
Johnny undergoes rigorous military training at boot camp along with
other young recruits including Dizzy Flores (Dina Meyer), who has
harbored a crush on Johnny from their school days, and Ace Levy
(Jake Busey) who earns Johnny's respect and friendship. Johnny
accepts the challenge of boot camp and displays remarkable
abilities that eventually earn him the position of squad
leader.
When a tragic training accident occurs while on his watch, Johnny
realizes that he joined up for the wrong reasons. He is about to
resign when the Earth is attacked by the Bugs, and the city of
Buenos Aires - Johnny's home - is wiped off the map. Horrified by
the death of his family and friends, Johnny's grief turns to anger
and he determines to stay in the Mobile Infantry and fight to
destroy the insect threat to human civilization.
The Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the
war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission:
Survival of their species no matter what the cost...
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