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A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
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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."
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Directed by: Jost Vacano, Paul Verhoeven, Gregg Goldstone
Produced by: Jon Davison, Alan Marshall, Phil Tippett
Composed by: Basil Poledouris
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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
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