Soldier Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Genres: Action, Science Fiction
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After scripting Blade_Runner and Twelve_Monkeys, David_Webb_Peoples continued to traverse the science fiction landscape with this action-adventure directed by Paul_Anderson. A prologue shows infants classified 1A and placed in an academy promoting violent militarism. Spawned in such an environment, Sgt. Todd (Kurt_Russell) became a top-ranking interplanetary fighter. However, military upgrades in genetic engineering made Todd obsolete. Todd's commanding officer, Captain Church (Gary_Busey), has a confrontation with West Point-trained Colonel Mekum (Jason_Isaacs), who heads the new generation of genetically engineered fighters. One such warrior is Caine 607 (Jason_Scott_Lee), who defeats Todd and others led by Church. The trio, presumed dead, is put in a garbage ship which dumps them on the distant Arcadia 234 planet. However, Todd survives and is nursed by homesteaders Sandra (Connie_Nielsen) and Mace (Sean_Pertwee), while their mute son Nathan (brothers Jared and Taylor_Thorne) watches. Todd is regarded with suspicion by others in the colony. But when the warrior supermen, led by Caine 607, attack the settlement, Todd turns out to be their only line of defense. The one-man army springs into action to eliminate the super squadron amid leftover props from Demolition_Man, Event_Horizon and other sci-fi movies. Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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