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03/10/07
Soldier (1998)
10 %
Reviews Counted: 50 Fresh: 5 Rotten:45 Average Rating: 3.6/10
Consensus:
A boring genre film and a waste of a good set.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: Russell is a futuristic killing machine who becomes the target of a newer, even more vicious breed of killers. After a brutal confrontation, they leave him for dead on a semi-deserted planet. Once there, he begins to learn about the kinder, gentler aspects of life, until the soldiers return to... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee, Michael Chiklis
Director: Paul Anderson
Screenwriter: David Webb Peoples
Producer: Jerry Weintraub
Composer: Joel McNeely
Screenwriter: David Webb Peoples
Producer: Jerry Weintraub
Composer: Joel McNeely
Reviews
This appealing formulaic action adventure (1998) displays a lot of conviction in its not-too-flashy action scenes and a little levity in the gradual socialization of Russell's character.
03/07/07
Despite being hampered by second-rate special effects and too many action film cliches, Soldier does have its fun parts.
03/03/06
The action is handled fairly well, but it's routine, and there's no satisfaction in seeing Todd waste men who are no more bloodthirsty than he is.
07/21/05
Soldier didn't deserve to be treated so harshly critics, but it didn't deserve recommendations either.
06/24/04
Everything in this film is criminally bland, except for Russell's badass attitude.
09/10/02
I doubt that Kurt Russell has ever had less dialogue to work with than he has in this film.
07/12/02
Soldier wants to be an intense thriller with cerebral significance, but suffers from self-seriousness and silly cliches.
06/05/02
Top Critic
The pop and sizzle would be twice as effective if it came with characters that connected!
01/01/00
Soldier is so mediocre, it might have been more mindless fun if it had been even worse.
01/01/00
[The] celluloid equivalent of the junkyard planet on which this piece of garbage is appropriately set.
01/01/00
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