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".

• TriStar Pictures
• Touchstone Pictures
• Casper Van Dien
• Dina Meyer
• Denise Richards
• Jake Busey
• Neil Patrick Harris
• Clancy Brown
• Michael Ironside
• Patrick Muldoon