Taglines: Left for dead on a remote planet for obsolete machines and people, a fallen hero has one last battle to fight.
Soldier movie storyline. In a futuristic society, some people are selected at birth to become soldiers, and trained in such a manner that they become inhuman killing machines. One of the most succesfull and older of these soldiers (Russell) is pitted against a new breed of soldiers, and after the confrontation is believed to be dead. His body is left behind in a semi-abandoned colonial planet, where everything is peaceful, and he is taught about the other aspects of life. But eventually he has to fight the new breed of soldiers again, this time to defend his new home…
Soldier is a 1998 American science fiction action film directed by Paul W. S. 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 genetically advanced soldier defying his commanders and facing a relentless and brutal rival soldier.
The film was released worldwide on October 23, 1998. Upon its release, Soldier received generally negative reviews but many praised the action sequences and Russell’s performance. The film was a commercial failure, grossing $14 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million.
Soldier (1998)
Directed by: Paul Anderson
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Mark Bringelson, James Black, Jason Isaacs, Mark De Alessandro, Vladimir Orlov
Screenplay by: David Webb Peoples
Production Design by: David L. Snyder
Cinematography by: David Tattersall
Film Editing by: Martin Hunter
Costume Design by: Erica Edell Phillips
Set Decoration by: Kate Sullivan
Art Direction by: Thomas Valentine
Music by: Joel McNeely
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and brief language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: October 23, 1998
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