Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers (1997) is a film directed by Paul Verhoeven, based on a 1959 novel by Robert Heinlein. It presents a future in which humanity has unified under one world government, with a highly militarized society resembling fascism. It follows a group of youths recruited to fight a war against the "Bugs", an alien civilization that has threatened Earth.

Originally written shortly after World War II, the novel was meant as a satire, but the film version was so good that many viewers took it at face value.