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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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Reviews for Solo
Mindless entertainment for the end of the summer, with emphasis on the mindless.
There probably will be worse action films this year, but there probably won't be any funnier ones.
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.
Van Peebles' interpretation of an android puts one more in mind of some monstrously malformed Pinocchio than the gentle giant for which the producers were so obviously aiming.
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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