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Solo (1996)
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Critic Consensus: Featuring hammy performances and bland characters, Solo is an all too straightforward actioner that's both predictable and instantly forgettable.
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Cast
as Solo
as Gen. Clyde Haynes
as Col. Frank Madden
as Bill Stewart
as Agela
as Miguel
as Lorenzo
as Rio
as Vasquez
as Mr. Thompson
as Rebel in Church
as Communications Officer
as Heimsman
as Flight Deck Officer
as Justos
as Lazaro
as Father Cerna
as Abuelita
as Elder No. 1
as Elder No. 2
as Bayne
as Scanion
as Locke
as Pierson
as Hawkins
as Stone
as Rebel Soldier
as Lab Tech
as Rebel in Church
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Critic Reviews for Solo
All Critics (35) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (33) | DVD (1)
The action is neither big nor imaginatively filmed enough to satisfy fans of the genre, though Van Peebles seems to be enjoying his crack at sad-eyed, Chaplinesque pathos.
These escapist showdown movies are only as good as their villains and heroes. The heavies here are more of those ubiquitous gung-ho military types who are due to be dishonorably discharged from further cinematic duty.
Here's a surprise tucked into the languishing days of summer movies. Arriving with hardly any attention is a satisfying, even fun, action picture about a futuristic soldier named Solo.
Since the hero and the villains are equally mechanical, the big, loud battles are as exciting and suspenseful as watching people play Mortal Kombat for 90 minutes.
Solo is at least instructive as a miscellany of action movie cliches in one neat and depressing package.
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.
Audience Reviews for Solo
Mario Van Peebles is the man! But this is the very definition of so bad it is good.
Super Reviewer
Hollywood's first African-American android hero is a perfect fighting machine except for one thing - he's developing feelings. This angers military brass so much that they intend to mess with his microchips, so he flees into the South American jungle where he saves local peasants from armed rebels, battles an evil android, and learns to laugh.
Super Reviewer
Pretty good. Typically cheap and generic action movie from Mario Van Peebles.
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