Star Force Soldier (1998)

Star Force Soldier: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. With Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen. A soldier trained from birth is deemed obsolete and dumped on a waste planet where he is reluctantly taken in by a community of defenseless, stranded wayfarers.

“I donu0026#39;t know what I was doing when this movie originally came out, because I watched this first time today. This was, and still is a movie for me.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBackground, lighting and camerawork reminded me of Aliens. Plot was similar to several movies of this genre. I have a feeling that lot was borrowed from Universal Soldier. I detected glimpses of the Terminator-franchise as well. Generally I hate it when I can pinpoint copying or u0026quot;paying homageu0026quot; (Iu0026#39;m looking at you, Waterworld…), but the team behind Soldier managed to make the experience enjoyable.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTodd was suitably awkward given his long military career and training. The couple who took him in were in my eyes your basic married-with-children husband and wife very much in love with each other. Their son was a nice surprise. Quiet and sensible kid who didnu0026#39;t get anybody in trouble or killed. Even villains of this movie were tolerable. Predictable as heck but not annoyingly childish.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSolid 8 stars.”