⭐ Rating: IMDb: 6.0/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 45% (Audience Score)
🎭 Main Cast: Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Gary Busey, Michael Chiklis, Jason Isaacs
🎬 Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Plot Summary:

Soldier (1998) is a high-octane sci-fi action film set in a dystopian future where warfare is dominated by genetically engineered soldiers raised from birth to be emotionless killing machines.

Kurt Russell stars as Sergeant Todd 3465, an elite soldier trained from childhood for combat, loyal and relentless. But after decades of service, he is deemed obsolete when a new generation of stronger, genetically enhanced soldiers, led by the ruthless Caine 607 (Jason Scott Lee), is introduced. In a brutal training test, Todd is left for dead and dumped on the remote junkyard planet of Arcadia 234.

There, he is discovered by a group of peaceful settlers who nurse him back to health, exposing him to human kindness for the first time. As Todd begins to rediscover his humanity, his old instincts are put to the test when Caine and his merciless unit arrive to wipe out the colony. With nothing left to lose, Todd rises to defend his new home, proving that he may be outdated, but he’s far from finished.

With intense action, explosive battles, and a steely, nearly silent performance from Kurt Russell, Soldier delivers relentless sci-fi thrills. Although it was underrated upon release, the film has since gained a cult following, especially for its connection to Blade Runner (1982)—both exist in the same universe!