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.
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03/07/07
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
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Reviews for Soldier
Top CriticSoldier didn't deserve to be treated so harshly critics, but it didn't deserve recommendations either.
06/24/04
When it comes to details like plot, character development, and genuine excitement, the film is lost in space.
01/01/00
Top CriticYou end up hating the movie that started out so good, started out so intriguing.
01/01/00
Soldier is little more than dumb genre stuff!
01/01/00
Top CriticInexplicably, David Webb Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner and Unforgiven, is responsible for this awful mess
01/01/00
I doubt that Kurt Russell has ever had less dialogue to work with than he has in this film.
07/12/02
Top CriticWith 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
Top CriticIt plays even worse than it sounds.
01/01/00
Soldier is so mediocre, it might have been more mindless fun if it had been even worse.
01/01/00
Top CriticDavid 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
The trick is that it could have been a treat.
01/01/00
The action is strictly routine.
01/01/00
Top CriticSoldier wants to be an intense thriller with cerebral significance, but suffers from self-seriousness and silly cliches.
06/05/02
As action films go, Soldier is a bad gamble: it rolls snake eyes on every front.
01/01/00
Skip it, if you don't like guns, explosions or Kurt Russell.
01/01/00
This is a blood-and-bullet fest, tediously filled with lots of breaking glass, neck-crunching and spine-twisting action, and flamethrowers.
01/01/00
For testosterone freaks only!
01/01/00
An unimaginative retreading of past cinematic successes!
01/01/00
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