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Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
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Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
Best Original Score for an Action Film | 1998 | Joel
Budget 75,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 14,594,226 USD
Kurt Russell's son Wyatt Russell plays him as an eleven year old.
Writer David Webb Peoples has said that Soldier is a "side-quel" to Blade Runner (1982) (which he also wrote) because it takes place in the same universe, and in fact the vehicles used by the Blade Runners - spinners - are also used in Soldier. The premise of Soldier was actually based on an unused opening scene for Blade Runner, where a group of Replicants are dumped and left for dead on an Off-world colony. Both films were released by Warner Brothers, and both were box-office failures that gained a cult following after being released on home video.
While listing the weapons on which Todd is trained, you can see he is capable of using the "Illudium PU36 ES,M" otherwise known as the Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator. This is the same weapon Marvin the Martian is always threatening to use on Earth, in his Bugs Bunny cartoon appearances.
According to Paul W.S. Anderson, Kurt Russell worked out three or four hours a day for eighteen months to get himself into the "pumped-up" condition he displays in this film. Anderson says the making of "Soldier" was actually postponed to allow Russell to do this, because Russell thought it was so important to Sergeant Todd's character; Anderson made Event Horizon (1997) in the interim, while Russell made no other movies during that time.
Todd's service record, displayed on a computer screen, includes the following: - The battles of Tannhauser Gate and Shoulder of Orion (references to Blade Runner (1982)) - Receipt of the "Plissken Patch" (reference to Escape from New York (1981) and Escape from L.A. (1996)). Receipt of the "O'Neil Ring Award" (reference to Stargate (1994)) - Receipt of the "Cash Medal of Honor" (reference to Tango & Cash (1989)) Receipt of the "MacReady Cross" (reference to The Thing (1982)) - Receipt of the "Capt. Ron Trophy" (reference to Captain Ron (1992)) - Receipt of the "McCaffrey Fire Award" (reference to Backdraft (1991)) - Receipt of the "Dexter Riley Award" (reference to The Strongest Man in the World (1975), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)) - Citations for the Nibian Moons Campaign, the Antares Maelstrom War, and the War Of Perdition's Flames, locations referred to in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
"Sandra: How do you know they'll be back? Todd: Because they're soldiers, Sir. Like me. Sandra: Why are they doing this? Todd: They're obeying orders, Sir. It's their duty. Sandra: Do you know how many there will be? Todd: Seventeen more, Sir. Sandra: Oh my God, you can't fight seventeen more on your own, you have to organize us. We're not cowards, we'll do as you tell us, we'll fight. Todd: No. Sandra: Why not? Todd: Soldiers deserve soldiers, Sir. Sandra: But one soldier, against seventeen. What are you going to do? Todd: I'm going to kill them all, Sir."
"Sandra: Sgt. Todd... what's it like? What's it like being a soldier? What do you think about? [silence] Sandra: You must think about something? [silence] Sandra: What about feelings then? [silence] Sandra: You must *feel* something? [pause] Todd: Fear. Sandra: Fear? Todd: Fear and discipline. Sandra: Now? Todd: Always."
