<h2><strong><em><u>Starship Troopers is a science-fiction action film released</u></em></strong></h2><h2><strong><em><u>on November 7, 1997. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and</u></em></strong></h2><h3><strong><em><u>written by Edward Neumeer, it is based on the 1959 novel</u></em></strong></h3><ol><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (pictured). The</u></em></strong></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his comrades as</u></em></strong></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>they serve in a 23rd-century interstellar war against aliens</u></em></strong></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>called the Arachnids. The film stars Casper Van Dien, Dina</u></em></strong></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris,</u></em></strong></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><strong><em><u>Naveen</u></em></strong></li></ol>