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Movie Overview
Cast
Kurt Russell
Jason Scott Lee
Connie Nielsen
Director
Paul Anderson
MPAA Rating
R
Soldier (1998)
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OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten
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F
"Inexplicably, David Webb Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner and Unforgiven, is responsible for this awful mess"
AboutFilm.com
Carlo Cavagna
"David Snyder's set design, David Tattersall's cinematography and the explosions are beautiful, but the movie lacks passion, characterization, and a sense of humor."
Philadelphia City Paper
Cynthia Fuchs
52/100
"As action films go,
Soldier
is a bad gamble: it rolls snake eyes on every front."
Apollo Guide
Dan Jardine
4/10
"
Soldier
didn't deserve to be treated so harshly critics, but it didn't deserve recommendations either."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Dragan Antulov
1/4
"When it comes to details like plot, character development, and genuine excitement, the film is lost in space."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
1.5/4
"Even taken as a loud no-brainer action movie you’ll find that
Soldier
ends rather abruptly and unsatisfyingly."
Sci-Fi Movie Page
James O'Ehley
"An unimaginative retreading of past cinematic successes!"
Screen It!
Jim Judy
1.5/4
"Everything in this film is criminally bland, except for Russell's badass attitude."
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
7/10
"Derivative, dreary and painfully silly!"
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3/10
"This is a blood-and-bullet fest, tediously filled with lots of breaking glass, neck-crunching and spine-twisting action, and flamethrowers."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
1/4
"It plays even worse than it sounds."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
"There are no moral ambiguities, no maddeningly complex issues, and there's never really a question as to where the plot will lead."
Cold Fusion Video Reviews
Nathan Shumate
C+
"It resonates on more levels than just a simple action film."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
3/10
"The trick is that it could have been a treat."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Susan Granger
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