The greatest movie ever made..!

Good start, but then it gets ruined

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Soldier a sci-fi Western about a gun-slinging born bred soldier who must protect a small community from his former comrades. Its a throwback to the '50s cowboy and cavalry flicks.Written by David Webb Peoples best known for his work on Unforgiven, Twelve Monkeys, and Blade Runner (though it's never overtly stated, Soldier is set in the same fictional universe as Blade Runner, and contains references to the earlier film). However, the movie's pulp charm belongs to its director, Paul W.S. Anderson—the genre maestro best known for directing video game adaptations (Mortal Kombat, the Resident Evil movies) and movies that feel like video game adaptations (The Three Musketeers, Alien vs. Predator).  Casting Kurt Russell a charismatic wise ass if there ever was one as an emotionless, antisocial killing machine might seem counter-intuitive, but his performance is so perversely committed (he spent 18 months preparing for the role) that it becomes compelling. Soldier is a seriously fun movieIt's pulpy but not campy, brisk but not frenetic. It's everything a B- movie should be.

Although this is an enjoyable film and I'm a huge fan of Kurt Russell, I strongly believe that this film is a total ripoff of an illustrated story called The War Machine from a 1993 issue of Heavy Metal magazine. It is puzzling to me because the screenwriter of Soldier - David Peoples, wrote the screenplays for Blade Runner and Unforgiven among others and hence obviously has talent. You can read said story here and draw your own conclusions. Oohttps://archive.org/stream/heavy-metal-magazine- 1993/Heavy_Metal_v07_01_1993_War_Machine#page/n15/mode/1upAgain, it is a very watchable film, but I have seen no mention anywhere as to credit or acknowledgement of the the Heavy Metal story.

Soldier is a 1998 science fiction film directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film, classified as a thriller, starred Kurt Russell as a futuristic soldier named Todd 364. The film also featured Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, and Sean Pertwee.The critics used this film as a punching bag much like the character in the film Todd hits, it didn't deserve the bashing it got.All in all, the film never bored me at any point. The film was written by David Webb Peoples, and was intended to be a sidestory/Spiritual Successor to Blade Runner (to the point that multiple references to Runner are seen throughout the film).A committed performance by Kurt Russell that deserved to be far more appreciated he really does a lot with little, every gesture and movement . A science-fiction Western at its finest. Shane in space.

Soldier (1998):Dir: Paul Anderson / Cast: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Gary Busey, Jason Isaacs: An ugly and repulsive bag of garbage that gives new meaning to the word "cheap." It contains perhaps the worst production all year. I have seen McDonalds commercials that contained better production effects that what is seen here. Title suggests one being born into an uncontrollable environment, such as someone being forced to watch this film. Kurt Russell is trained from birth to become a mindless fighter and comes to realize that fighting is all he knows once he is placed in a camp with peaceful civilians. He doesn't fit in but realizes that other soldiers are set to attack. So we are given endless gory scenes of Russell in combat including a scene where he plunges his fingers in an opponents eye sockets. Story is unrealistic, predictable and totally dense. Director Paul Anderson should not be proud of this or his efforts involved. Russell's dialogue consists of words like, "Duh." Jason Scott Lee makes more noise than most musicians. Other dull performances come from Connie Nielsen because the screenwriter obviously felt that a female lead or damsel is needed. Gary Busey also appears for whatever it is worth, and that is likely not much. This film is a pointless parade of graphic violence that should be smashed with a sledgehammer. Score: 1 / 10