Soldier

Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, et al.

Sergeant Todd (Russell) is a veteran soldier for the United States armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence on the planet. The peace is soon broken as the new breed of soldiers land to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883929155576
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Warner Bros.
• Director: Paul Anderson
• Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee, Michael Chiklis, Jason Isaacs, Jared and Taylor Thorne, Brenda Wehle, Mark Bringelson, K.K. Dodds
• Runtime: 1 hour, 39 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: NTSC
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining with a tad of morality.

Sergeant Todd is the “old model soldier” who is disposed of in a trash heap in a foreign world. Docile, benevolent, friendly people, who survive off the heap, occupy this world. The people find Sergeant Todd and, assuming he is like them, befriend him. Soon, they find that he is engineered differently and shun him. Todd is also confused, as the people do not act like normal soldiers. Moreover, they even discard him. The powers that be decide that these people would make perfect fodder for training the newer model soldiers. The people ashamed of their shunning of Todd decide to invest time in him to teach him their ways. Nevertheless, will he be able to change or at least understand their society? Worse still, will he become a bad influence? Soon, they find that they need his protection. Looks like the planet is going to be used for war games, and they are the vermin to be dispatched. Will and can Todd help? Kurt Russell as Todd takes this from what could have been a two-dimensional future shoot-um-up and makes it a multidimensional story that one can relate to. It is interesting how we use sci-fi to mask or enhance moral tales, making them palatable.