- Release Date: 1998
- Runtime: 99 min
- Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen ... see all
- Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
- Plot: In a futuristic society, some people are selected at birth to become soldiers, and trained in such a manner that they become inhuman killing machines. One of the most succesfull... Read more
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Critics Reviews
| Aug 12, 2005Jam! Movies
The Great Raid is an epic life-and-death story; that said, the movie is often hokey.
The very best part of The Great Raid is the ending, which features archival footage of the real people involved in the story.
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| Oct 27, 1998eFilmCritic.com
This film is even far worse than Russell's "Escape From L.A."....Anderson couldn't make a better movie....Even the action scenes are bland and unexciting.....if he'd started to walk down with director Jonathan Mostow's excellent thriller, "Breakdown.....Get your list of cliched characters ready..... ... Full Review
| Oct 24, 1998Laramie Movie Scope
Aside from that, however, it isn't a bad movie as long as you view it as myth.
Todd is defeated in a demonstration battle by one of the super-soldiers and is cast away on a garbage planet.
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| Oct 23, 1998James Berardinelli's Reviews
The only thing Soldier has going for it are some nifty visuals.
When it comes to entertaining an audience, Soldier has lost the battle.
When it comes to details like plot, character development, and genuine excitement, the film is lost in space.
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| Oct 23, 1998Los Angeles Times
In its look, scope and special effects, "Soldier" is suitably imaginative and spectacular if often artificial-looking.
Soldier" is the kind of picture described as being aimed at young urban males but may have an unexpected resonance for older viewers, who know only too well that obsolescence is something that nowadays extends to human beings and not just to machines.
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News
Movie Review: Soldier (1998)
associatedcontent.com –
2009-03-26
This movie begins in 1996, where infant children are being chosen to become soldiers. The main character, Sergeant Todd (Kurt Russell) is conditioned physically to become a fighter by methods such as running, training with weapons, and fighting. ... Full Article
August 2004
mrbrownmovies.com –
2004-08-01
Soldier By BRUCE WESTBROOK Copyright 1998 Houston Chronicle May 12, 2004, 4:30PM
chron.com –
2004-05-12
Though he's the top-billed star, Russell has less than 100 words of dialogue for Soldier . He plays Todd, a near-future warrior raised since birth to do battle. ... Full Article
Soldier (1998)
theglobeandmail.com –
1998-10-23
Although he's made dozens of movies since beginning his career as a child actor with Walt Disney, I doubt that Kurt Russell has ever had less dialogue to work with than he has in this film. ... Full Article
Hallenbeck rips into SOLDIER... review
aintitcool.com –
1998-08-19
Pimp Daddy Joe Hallenbeck here(I'm trying out a new title) with another magical review of yet another wretched piece of shit movie produced by the WB. SOLDIER is the movie in the hot seat. This movie is so bad it ... Full Article
SOLDIER UNDERWAY!!!
aintitcool.com –
1997-12-24
My faithful Kemosabe.. THE LONE RANGER sent me this report about SOLDIER! Seems work is well underway on it. The canyon you read about here is a pretty cool scene I'll have to do some research and refresh my memory... ... Full Article

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