Franchise|United States|1997 – 2012|Science Fiction|Space opera
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction film and the first of three films released in the franchise. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Ricos 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.