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If you have the sneaking suspicion that <I>Soldier</I> is an amalgam of
<I>The Road Warrior</I> and <I>Robocop</I> -- with maybe a touch of <I>The
Terminator</I> for good measure -- then you're ready to review for this
site. (That is, as long as you're sure, deep in your heart, that Cameron's
two best flicks remain the original <I>Terminator</I> and <I>Aliens</I>,
which just happens to be the best sequel to any flick in any genre since
<I>The Godfather, Part II</I>. If a certain big sinking ship came to mind
instead, get the hell outta here!)
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Anyway, <I>Soldier</I> kicks off with real promise, showing the futuristic
evolutionary process of how a male infant grows up to become a killing
machine. This kid, naturally, grows up to become Kurt Russell. Early on,
there's a great "practice" fight on rope chains high overhead between
Russell's character and two of his comrades against a newly engineered
fighting automaton played by Jason Scott Lee that results in serious
damage, including gouged-out eyes, etc. The movie becomes decidedly tame
after this take-no-prisoners sequence.
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