Soldier

Pros: Good story line. good action...

Cons: Perfect soldier plot has been done to death...

Review: Background:

I am a 24 year old male engineering and computer science student living in SC. I do have a large humanities background.


Overview:

I gave this movie a 7 out of 10.

The best thing about this...

Pros: good fight scenes, good plot, well moving

Cons: "The solider"-Kurt Russell isn't given a lot of chance to explore his humanity

Review: I rented this movie because I like action/adventure flicks, and I tend to enjoy movies starring Kurt Russell.
This movie depicts the government as an agency who is basically in search of the "perfect killing machine." In the beginning of...

Pros: Russel and Busey's performances, final battle scene, colony and ship designs, promising plot.

Cons: Lack of plot development, paycheck performances overall, extremely predictable, overdone story.

The Bottom Line: "Soldier" is a film that had strong potential, but it lacks real substance and originality.

Review: When I hear the name of Paul W.S. Anderson, I usually think of ruined, big budget concepts. Foremost among them is "Alien vs. Predator" (AVP), a film idea rife with potential. Instead of an intense yet entertaining old school flick, we got a bomb with ...

Pros: Fairly well polished movie for special effects and fight scenes.

Cons: Very familiar plot, substandard acting, Russell has almost no dialog.

The Bottom Line: Marginal action-adventure science fiction movie.

Review: "Soldier" is one of the first batch of movies I saw on rented DVDs. I'm glad I only paid $3 to rent the movie, because I'd have been mad if I'd paid $10 to see it in the theater, or $14 to buy it. In a few words, it's a very predictable, familiar...

Pros: LOTS of special effects, futuristic, stuff blows up

Cons: Kurt looks like a statue, acts like one, too

Review: ...I never knew that Kurt Russell could act so completely wooden and unemotionally. I think it took some 25 minutes into the movie before we actually got to hear him SAY anything! Yikes.

Now, please don't get me wrong, I really like Kurt...

Pros: Not a single thing

Cons: Everything

Review: As a reviewer, and as a person, I try to find the good in things. I usually try to grant movies a bit of slack. For instance, I enjoyed "A Night At the Roxbury" because it was funny. But I acknowledge that it had zero plot and some stupid...

Pros: great action, scenery and action

Cons: acting stiff and direction lousy

The Bottom Line: By no means his best work!

Review: Kurt Russell. I am a huge fan of Kurt. I have watched him for years, even as far back as "the computer who wore tennis shoes" (which is a great and funny family film!)

There was Overboard, Cap'n Ron, Tombstone, and the list goes on and on. He...