Released in 1996, Soldier disturbingly prognosticated what happens when children are indoctrinated from birth to be killing machines. For the first 20 minutes of the movie, change the scenery from Western military to Madrassas (Islamic terrorist recruitment "schools") in Pakistan, change scenery from space to Afghanistan, and swap ray guns for hand-held rocket launchers and IED's, and this movie gives you a terrifyingly accurate glimpse into the psyche of what the world woke up to realize it was dealing with on September 11, 2001. The question isn't a matter of -IF- such soldier indoctrination courses exist, but -WHEN- will our government decide they need to do the same to keep us safe from those cultures that already practice child/soldier indoctrination? Should they? The plot outlines an aging super-Soldier, left for dead and literally dumped out with the trash, can adjust back into a "normal" society of families marooned on the barren trash planet. Some people hated this movie because Sgt. Todd (Kurt Russell) barely speaks 20 words throughout the entire movie. From birth he has been trained to not feel, watch out for himself, and unquestionably follow orders. However, critics miss the subtlety with which Sgt. Todd's body language and eyes masterfully convey his emotions. The same people who wrote "Blade Runner" produced this movie, so expect the same subtlety. At one point one of the settlers asks Todd why he was dumped there and the aging soldier states, without emotion or judgment, "I was replaced, sir, by a better soldier." Sgt. Todd has a great deal of trouble reintegrating into "normal" society. A fierce soldier, he only quivers with fear once ... when one of the settlers attractive young wife shows him kindness by bandaging his hand. When she asks him what he is feeling, he states, "fear, fear and discipline, sir." Eventually, Sgt Todd begins to suffer flashbacks to his military years (post traumatic stress disorder) and nearly kills a friend, mistaking him for an enemy during his psychosis. Banished from the settlement because he is too dangerous, Sgt. Todd cries for the first time in his life and, in a memorable scene, wipes his tears and does not know what they are. For you action buffs, the "new" soldiers who replaced Sgt. Todd are sent by unethical military leaders on a "training mission" to use the settlers as target practice and, predictably, there are lots of explosions and Rambo-style shoot-em-outs where Sgt. Todd gets even. He likes his new friends and isn't about to let them be killed. The last scene of the movie is memorable, however, because it touches once again upon the aging soldiers humanity (I won't spoil it for you). I was left wanting more, a sequel to let us know how Sgt. Todd and his fellow "old soldiers" integrates into society with their new friends.Vollständige Rezension lesen
All futuristic movies have a mystical feeling in that we hope that our futures can be along the same lines. This movie however paints the same scenario as what most people feel is along the same government rules now. Delete and discard the old and pay much more money for something new and enhanced, even if the old is still a good working model. Just like governments to spend more and more of our tax money on worthless endeavors, that can still be beat by the older, better quality units. The second thing that got me was the human ability to be able to feel even though our minds have been brainwashed for years to believe something else. Kurt Russel's performance is as expected. A very good performance, pulling in you heart when he finds he has one himself and begins to loose that ice chest he had for a heart. This is a good movie with action and feeling. Not so much romance but moves along with action and questions just like in The Thing another movie with Kurt Russel. You'll enjoy this movie.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Soldier is an awesome movie if you're a fan of action and science fiction movies. I saw this movie during its original theater run in 1998, and haven't seen it again until recently. It's fair to say that after 10 years this movie still holds up as a totally decent sci-fi action movie, especially if you're a fan of Kurt Russell (Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Death Proof). The Good: Awesome introduction sequence. Great acting by Kurt Russell who barely speaks at all in the movie. Good sci-fi effects using a mixed set of movie tricks (limited CG work). Decently fast paced plot with a lot of explosions at the end :) The Bad: Filming on the 'junkyard' planet was done mostly in studio, and it shows. The military officers are acted well but the dialogue and interior sets are mostly lame (looks like a TV show sometimes). The movie loses it's sci-fi appeal in favor of action at the end and doesn't really recover (no ah-ha moment or twists at the end). Overall the movie is a great blend between sci-fi and action. If the junkyard planet was more convincing and the plot had more sci-fi intrigue (especially near the end) it might make it into my top 10 favorites, but it falls just a tad short. Still awesome though! Kurt Russell!Vollständige Rezension lesen
This is a GREAT action movie. I do not know why I forgot about this one.Great action & great story.KURT RUSSELL is fantastic in this role. Not very much dialogue for him but this just goes to show that sometimes " less is more ". I only wish that it was made in blu-ray. Play this in a blu-ray player to up convert the picture. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for action fans!!!! JASON SCOTT LEE is great as the evil soldier. CONNIE NIELSEN also in this.
The only thing I disliked about this movie was that it didn't last longer !! This is a movie based on a soldier's life (Kurt Russel) in the future. He belongs to an elite group of soldier's that fight wars in the future. There is a special unit trained to be better than these soldier's, so they are replaced by this new unit after a trial has been ran by the 2 best soldiers from each group and they think the new soldier has killed Kurt Russel,so they dump him into a ship full of garbage and send him to a diferent planet. When he arrives he learns theres more to life than just killing and then the new soldiers show up later to try to take over the planet ... Big Mistake !! ... lots of action and a good storyline to keep you interested from beginning to end.
The movie Has an excellent plot and lots of action . for an older movie it has great special effects and sound quality. over all a very good movie one i enjoy watching
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Kurt Russell is an elite Human clone soldier. His kind were bred for use as soldiers. Trained to be expendable human fighting machines with no emotions or feelings he is one day put up a newer and more advanced clone. He is defeated and thought dead, and dumped along with other garbage and discarded items on a nearby disposal planet. Injured but alive, he is found by refugees living on this planet. Nursed back to health he relays to them that he was a soldier but was replaced. They take him in, but having no feelings, emotions, or ability to feel compassion, he is feared by the colony and closely watched. During a violent wind storm one of the refugees is almost killed and the soldier saves his life. Not wanting to be ungracious, they allow him to stay. This planet has a poisonous green snake and when a child is almost bitten, the soldier is sent away. They didn't understand that he was trying to teach the boy to kill the snake. Exiled from the group, he is all alone and now starts to miss the people and feel all alone. When another snake incident occurs and the boy kills the snake, they realize what had happened and that they were wrong. The military is planning exercises on the refuse planet. They will have war games. When they arrive, they discover the colony of people there. Since they are refugees the commander orders the soldiers to have a real test and kill them. The older model soldiers who were replaced, are now like servants and are relegated to all other dirty work that must be done. When the soldier sees the ships approach, he immediately swings into action to defend the colony. He kills many of the new soldiers and disables much of their machinery and weapons. As the battle rages on many of the refugees are killed, but the remaining obsolete soldiers team up with him and take over the ship. The commander of the ship has armed a nuclear device to kill everybody on the planet, and now they must leave before it detonates. The refugees and the old model soldiers escape an leave all the other soldiers and officers behind.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Very good movie that should win the award for the least amount of words used by the main character. "Fear," "pain," and "discipline" are about it. There's plenty of dialogue from the other characters, mostly from the camp of settlers the soldier stumbles upon, and he does get his point across, just not verbally. Taut little sci-fi movie that doesn't get enough attention. Definitely one to see.
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Government creates soldiers from birth. Newborns are taken from nursery to be emotionless killing machines. Later, genetically altered soldiers are brought in to replace the f i rst ones. A contest between two has of the originals presumed dead. He awakens on a planet where a group of humans are barely surviving. The super sold i ers attack, confronted by the one older model. He exacts mayhem on the enemy and defeats them to leave their colonel on t h e planet, taking the survivors with him, as a nuke is set to detonate.
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This has always been one of my favorite movies. It is filled with high action fighting through out. It's a story of a man who stolen from a hospital crib at birth by the military, and raised too be nothing more then an emotionless killing machine. He proves he is the best killing machine there is in many wars. When new bio-engineered soldiers are created he is declaired obsolete. Thought to be dead, killed by one of the new soldiers, he is discarded in the trash like any other useless item, and dumped on a trash planet. There with no purpose to his life anymore he finds a group of stranded settlers. After a life without emotion, and living with the sole purpose of being the most efficient killing machine there is, can he learn another way of life? Get the movie and find out.
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