129 minutes
11/7/1997
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."
Casper Van Dien
as Johnny D. Rico
Dina Meyer
as Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards
as Carmen Ibañez
Jake Busey
as Private Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris
as Colonel Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown
as Career Sergeant Zim
Michael Ironside
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Patrick Muldoon
as Zander Barcalow
Seth Gilliam
as Private Sugar Watkins
Rue McClanahan
as Biology Teacher
Blake Lindsley
as Katrina McIntire
Steven Ford
as Lieutenant Willy
Ungela Brockman
as Corporal Birdie
Bruce Gray
as Sky Marshal Dienes
Denise Dowse
as Sky Marshal Tehat Meru
Amy Smart
as Cadet Lumbreiser
Tami-Adrian George
as Djana'D
Julianna McCarthy
as Expert
Dale Dye
as General
Dean Norris
as Commanding Officer
Marshall Bell
as General Owen
Eric Bruskotter
as Breckinridge
Matt Levin
as Kitten Smith
Anthony Ruivivar
as Shujimi
Brenda Strong
as Captain Deladier
Christopher Curry
as Mr. Bill Rico
Lenore Kasdorf
as Mrs. Rico
Teo
as Corporal Bronski
Curnal Achilles Aulisio
as Sgt. Gillespie
Greg Travis
as Net Correspondent
John Cunningham
as Fed Net Announcer (voice)
Timothy McNeil
as Expert
Robert David Hall
as Recruiting Sergeant
Brad Kane
as Lanny
Timothy Omundson
as Psychic
Patrick Bishop
as Engineering Officer
Hunter Bodine
as Young Cap Trooper
Travis Lowen
as Little Boy Trooper
Patrick Wolff
as Late Cadet
Mara Duronslet
as Communications Officer
Tyrone Tann
as Student
Matt Entriken
as Marco
Eric DaRe
as Medic
Ronald L. Botchan
as Jumpball Referee
Walter Adrian
as Judge
Stephanie Erb
as Young Mother
Alexi Lakatos
as Stomping Kid
Nathaniel Marshall
as Stomping Kid
Austin Sanderford
as Stomping Kid
Rhiannon Vigil
as Stomping Kid
Mylin Brooks
as Female Trooper
Julie Pinson
as Female Trooper
Armand Darrius
as Male Trooper
Kai Lennox
as Male Trooper
Brooke Morales
as Cheerleader
Mike Stokey
as Officer with Morita
Mary Ann Schmidt
as Female Trooper (uncredited)
Aaron Stielstra
as Trooper (uncredited)
Edward Neumeier
as Defendant (uncredited)
Michael Papajohn
as Dead Trooper (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano
as Trooper (uncredited)
Mo Faisal
as Trooper (uncredited)
R. Lee Ermey
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Matt Duggan
as Wounded Soldier on Gurney (uncredited)
Whitney Hall
as Judge (uncredited)
Betty Hankins
as Sky Marshal (uncredited)
Kaius Harrison
as Cpl. Allen (uncredited)
Bruce Holman
as Jump Ball Referee (uncredited)
Michael Gerald
as Football Quarterback (uncredited)
Jon Davison
as Buenos Aires Survivor (uncredited)
Dawn E. Anderson
as Female Trooper (uncredited)
Tony Nichols
as Cadet 'Flipper' (uncredited)
Dan Olivo
as Academy Soilder (uncredited)
Zoë Poledouris
as School Prom Lead Singer (uncredited)
Ashley Prendergast
as Hot Female Trooper (uncredited)
Ray Quiroga
as Male Trooper Leader (uncredited)
David Rey
as Trooper (uncredited)
Dennis Collins
as Soldier (uncredited)
Farnaz Samiinia
as Female Trooper (uncredited)
Joleen Sanders
as Female Trooper (uncredited)
Julia Self
as Female Trooper (uncredited)
Claude Stuart
as Student / Male Trooper (uncredited)
Parry Shen
as Student (uncredited)
Cari Vega
as Student / Female Trooper (uncredited)
Jim Temple
as Male Trooper (uncredited)
Justin Ward
as Medic (uncredited)
Sam P. Whitehead
as Trooper (uncredited)
Melissa J. Ward
as Trooper (uncredited)
Johnny Mansbach
as Marine (uncredited)
David Beckett
as Businessman (uncredited)