Despite being hampered by second-rate special effects and too many action film cliches, Soldier does have its fun parts.
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03/03/06
Soldier (1998)
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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
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee
Director: Paul Anderson
Reviews for Soldier
A potent comic-book-style action-adventure.
02/14/01
Top CriticThis 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
A doggedly simple-minded diversion of rare purity.
10/15/02
It resonates on more levels than just a simple action film.
01/01/01
Soldier seems destined for the trash heap!
01/01/00
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
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
Inexplicably, David Webb Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner and Unforgiven, is responsible for this awful mess
01/01/00
Soldier wants to be an intense thriller with cerebral significance, but suffers from self-seriousness and silly cliches.
06/05/02
David Snyder's set design, David Tattersall's cinematography and the explosions are beautiful, but the movie lacks passion, characterization, and a sense of humor.
01/01/00
As action films go, Soldier is a bad gamble: it rolls snake eyes on every front.
01/01/00
From its barren junkyard landscapes to Kurt Russell's thimbleful of spoken lines to the title itself, Soldier is so sparse it barely exists.
01/01/00
Soldier didn't deserve to be treated so harshly critics, but it didn't deserve recommendations either.
06/24/04
For testosterone freaks only!
01/01/00
With a cheerful disregard for characterization and visual texture, Anderson relies on his cgi-jocks and set dressers to flesh out David Webb Peoples's by-the-numbers script.
01/01/00
Yet another video game for the big screen which has momentum and a terrific set going for it.
01/01/00
When it comes to details like plot, character development, and genuine excitement, the film is lost in space.
01/01/00
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