Plot
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, RoviCast
- Kurt Russell - Todd
- Jason Scott Lee - Caine 607
- Connie Nielsen - Sandra
- Sean Pertwee - Mace
- Michael Chiklis - Jimmy Page
Credit
Tom Valentine - Art Director, Rhythm & Hues Studios - Animator, Fred Fontana - Associate Producer, Mindy Marin - Casting, Jeremy Bolt - Co-producer, Erica Phillips - Costume Designer, Dennis Maguire - First Assistant Director, Paul W.S. Anderson - Director, David R. Ellis - Second Unit Director, Martin Hunter - Editor, R.J. Louis - Executive Producer, James G. Robinson - Executive Producer, Susan Ekins - Executive Producer, Joel McNeely - Composer (Music Score), Steve LaPorte - Makeup, David Snyder - Production Designer, David Tattersall - Cinematographer, Jerry Weintraub - Producer, Richard G. Berger - Set Designer, Clare Scarpulla - Set Designer, Kate J. Sullivan - Set Designer, Suzan Wexler - Set Designer, Peter Clemens - Set Designer, Mick Cukurs - Set Designer, Matte World Digital - Special Effects, Rhythm & Hues Studios - Special Effects, Ed Jones - Special Effects, Andy Wiskes - Sound/Sound Designer, Jim Halty - Stunts, Dick Ziker - Stunts Coordinator, David Peoples - Screenwriter, Gary Capo - Second Unit Director Of Photography| Soldaty Svobody (1977 Film), Soldati - 365 all'Alba (1987 Film) | |
| Soldier Blue (1970 Film), Soldier Boyz (1995 Film) |
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