one of my absolute favorites!

Excellent, a Must See

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This is one ludicrously silly movie and not really in a good way. The basic story is rather silly to start with. A bunch of rich people with zero combat experience and huge egos gets themselves inserted into a combat situation for thrills. The "company" providing the service is actually a bunch of rebels trying to fund their operations. As I said rather silly. As an action comedy it could have worked though.Unfortunately the implementation is equally ridiculous. It is obvious that the director is as null on actual military operations as the rich thrill-seekers in the movie. Already the first action sequences were the, supposedly skilled captain McCenzie is introduced, are downright laughable with the captain running around like a monkey shooting people left right and center.The film, unfortunately, continues very much in this style. There is not a shred of realism or meaningful story in the entire movie. There are some fun or otherwise enjoyable scenes which saved my movie evening and saved this movie from getting a one-star rating but that is just barely. One of the reasons I decided to watch this movie was due to actors like Sean Bean and sure enough, they perform as well as can be expected with the rather louse material that they are given to work with.Not a movie that I would recommend to anyone.

"Soldiers of Fortune" ranks as one of Christian Slater's better straight to video releases. Freshman Russian director Maxim Korostyshevsky acquits himself with style to spare in this suspenseful, splendidly-acted, and marvelously well photographed "Expendables" clone. Slater stars as dishonorably discharged U.S. Army captain drummed out of the military for conduct unbecoming and insubordination. This represents one of Slater's better performances, and he looks like he is still in good shape with a six-pack to prove it. Korostyshevsky not only stages this noisy nonsense with verve, but also he has surrounded Slater with a first-rate villain and a solid supporting cast. Colm Meaney of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" makes a thoroughly loathsome villain named Carter Mason, while Ving Rhames, Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, and James Cromwell are cast as wealthy businessmen who want to get a taste of combat. Okay, scenarists Robert Crombie, Alexandre Coscas, and Joe Kelbley created an occasionally overcomplicated narrative, especially when a couple of people looking to hire our hero and test him during a poker game. Eventually, a reluctant James Craig McKenzie decides to take these people up and brings in his best friend to help him put a quintet of millionaires through a boot camp before they invade Snake Island and take on a mad dictator, Colonel Lupo, and his bodyguard Carter Mason. Sure, the credibility of "Soldiers of Fortune" is called into question several times based on the behavior of the heroes. Nevertheless, a surprise or two occurs. This actioneer is one of Slater's better ones.

I dig Christian Slater so I figured I'd give this movie a shot. He's been good in most everything I've ever seen of his (Heather's and Gangsters to name just 2 off my head) Boy was I sorry I chose to watch this movie. It was a complete waste of time. The acting is pitiful and many of the special effects look very elementary. The main cast should have at least had some sort of athletic ability...some training with real soldiers would have benefited them greatly. Many of the battle scenes were nearly laughable (especially the last shot during the village raid). The jet-ski scene....my nephew could have made better graphics on his laptop. Maybe Christian should stick with sinister roles and not try to do military movies. And the supporting cast....atrocious, and that's being polite.

It's more than incredible what a waste of talent this movie is. If you look at the cast, you'd be excused expecting something better. Even if only in B-movie terms. It actually does just give you enough, for you to not get completely angry and annoyed by its lack of commitment or lack of anything substantial.I'm not sure when it happened, but Christian Slaters fall from Grace is something we've all seen by now. He also must have a house somewhere in eastern Europe, if you consider how many movies he's shooting over there/here. I do wonder what the excuse for the other guys was though? Some needed money I guess and the script might have sounded cooler than the finished product turned out.