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Solo (1996)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:1

Rotten:24

Average Rating:3.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Solo is the perfect soldier, a humanoid android designed not only to follow his programming, but also to learn. The problem is, he ends up learning the value of human life, and on a mission in... Solo is the perfect soldier, a humanoid android designed not only to follow his programming, but also to learn. The problem is, he ends up learning the value of human life, and on a mission in Latin America he refuses to carry out an order that would mean the death of many innocent civilians. Not wanting to be reprogrammed, he escapes into the jungle and joins a group of repressed villagers. Based on "Weapon," a novel by Robert Mason. [More]

Starring: Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Abraham J. Verduzco

Starring: Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Abraham J. Verduzco, Barry Corbin

Director: Norberto Barba

Director: Norberto Barba

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Mindless entertainment for the end of the summer, with emphasis on the mindless.

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07/28/09
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10/18/08
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01/14/07
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

The best one can say for Norberto Barba is that he directs a slick piece of goods. But no amount of fast cutting or tempo can disguise the material's simplistic, thoughtless nature.

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08/05/06
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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09/29/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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It simply plods along to it's inevitable, uninvolving and pretty uninteresting end.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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No review available.

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07/25/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Silly action yarn furthering the demise of van Peebles.

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07/11/03
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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03/20/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

It's not a great film, but it is a little above average.

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03/16/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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08/30/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The film ends up having more laughs than a comedy.

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06/05/02
Dwayne E. Leslie
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine

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04/12/02
Globe and Mail

Since filmgoers are told early on that there is only one other super-cyborg prototype in the world, well, guess what the big climax is?

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01/22/02
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post

A lackluster action-adventure.

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02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's not a very good movie, but it is interesting.

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01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

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01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

It's all painfully formulaic.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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