Soldier (1998)

Directed by

Paul W. S. Anderson

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film, dystopian film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 964 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A genetically engineered soldier is discarded after being replaced by a newer model. He is taken in by a group of refugees on a garbage planet, and later must protect them from his former military unit.

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What happens

Soldier is a 1998 science fiction action film directed by Paul Anderson, written by David Webb Peoples, and starring Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Gary Busey. The film tells the story of a highly skilled and emotionally distant soldier who is left for dead, befriends a group of refugees, then faces his former superiors who are determined to eliminate them. The film was released worldwide by Warner Bros. on October 23, 1998. Upon its release, Soldier received generally negative reviews, although many praised the action sequences and Russell's performance. The film was a box-office failure, grossing $14.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. Despite the financial failure, the film has now become a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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