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==== Actresses ====
name = Soldier |
*[[Junko Miyashita|Miyashita Junko]]
image = Soldier (1998) poster.jpg |
*[[Mariko Morikawa|Morikawa Mariko]]
tagline = "Left for dead on a remote planet for obsolete machines and people, a fallen hero has one last battle to fight." |
*[[Kimiko Matsuzaka|Matsuzaka Kimiko]]
director = [[Paul W. S. Anderson]] |
*[[Naomi Tani|Tani Naomi]]
producer = Jeremy Bolt<br>Susan Ekins<br>Fred Fontana<br>R.J. Louis<br>James G. Robinson<br>Jerry Weintraub|
==== Films ====
writer = [[David Peoples]] |
* ''[[Flower and Snake]]'' (1974)
starring = [[Kurt Russell]]<br>[[Jason Scott Lee]]<br>[[Jason Isaacs]]<br>[[Connie Nielsen]]<br>[[Sean Pertwee]] |
* ''[[Wife to be Sacrificed]]'' (1974)
music = [[Joel McNeely]] |
distributor = [[Warner Brothers]] |
released = [[October 23]], [[1998]] ([[United States|USA]]) |
runtime = 99 min. |
language = [[English language|English]] |
budget = $75,000,000 |
awards = |
imdb_id = 0120157 |
}}
'''''Soldier''''' is a [[1998]] [[science fiction]] [[film]] directed by [[Paul W.S. Anderson]]. The film, classified as a [[Thriller film|thriller]], starred [[Kurt Russell]] as Sgt. Todd, a [[soldier]] trained from birth. The film also featured [[Jason Scott Lee]], [[Jason Isaacs]], [[Connie Nielsen]], [[Sean Pertwee]] and [[Michael Chiklis]].
==== Work in progress ====
It was written by [[David Peoples]], who co-wrote the script for ''[[Blade Runner]]''. By his own admission, ''Soldier'' is considered the "[[sidequel]]" to ''Blade Runner''. It also obliquely references various elements of stories written by [[Philip K. Dick]] (who wrote the novel ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'', on which ''Blade Runner'' is based), or film adaptations thereof.
* Historical list of Japanese AV actresses
**[[User:Dekkappai/List of Japanese AV actresses, 1980s]]
**[[User:Dekkappai/List of Japanese AV actresses, 1990s]]
**[[User:Dekkappai/List of Japanese AV actresses, 2000s]]
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*[[User:Dekkappai/Akatsuki Runa|Akatsuki Runa]] (紅月ルナ)
**Status: '''Deleted'''
*[[User:Dekkappai/Hikari Hino|Hikari Hino]]
**Status: '''Not Yet Deleted'''
*[[User:Dekkappai/Miyama Chiharu|Miyama Chiharu]]
**Status: '''Deleted'''
== Work in progress ==
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*[[User:Dekkappai/Kimiko Matsuzaka]]
The film begins in the year [[1996]] (year zero). A group of infants are chosen by a commander to be raised as soldiers. One of the infants chosen is Todd.
== Another fine project ==
As he grows, he undergoes extreme mental and physical training to prepare for his career as a soldier. This includes phrase repition conditioning, running, weapons training, wrestling, among other things. As time goes on, and he endures his training, Todd appears to be one of the best in his group.
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The film then jumps to [[2036]] (year forty). Todd is now forty years old, and is shown to be a veteran of many battles. Eventually, a commander announces that he intends to replace Todd and the others with a new group of soldiers. This new group of soldiers (who are most likely [[replicant]]s) have been genetically engineered from DNA profiles. This commander demands that Todd and the other; those trained from birth, are obsolete compared to those gentically engineered. These new soldiers are superior in strength and ability.
Refusing this idea, Todd's own commander suggests that his group are not obsolete, yet are the best. He and the other commander begin several tests designed to determine the better soldiers. In the process of these tests, the two groups of soldiers compete, and end up fighting each other. However, Todd's group are no match for the new group. Severall of Todd's group are killed as a result of this. Todd himself is knocked unconcious, and is believed dead. The genetically engineered soldiers are shown to be superior to Todd's group. This leads to an order that all soldiers of Todd's class be dumped on a waste disposal planet known as Arcadia. However, the older soldiers that remained were remanded to medial support roles and furthermore stripped of their title "Soldier".
The bodies of Todd and the other dead soldiers are taken abord a waste ship, and transported to Arcadia. However, when the ship approaches Arcadia, Todd wakes up, lying amongst the trash and his dead comrades. He realizes where he is at just as the bottom doors of the ship are opened a few feet above the surface. Todd, along with his dead comrade's bodies, are dumped onto the planet among various waste.
Todd begins walking along the surface when he finds himself in the midst of a large duststorm. After riding it out, he explores his surroundings. Eventually, he runs across a group of fellow humans, who had left [[Earth]] twelve years earlier ([[2024]]) and had crashed and been stranded on Arcadia. They live as a closely-knit community among the trash heaps of the planet.
After initial apprehension from some of the settlers, Todd is accepted into their community. He begins a new life with them, although it is difficult because of his mental conditioning. He is welcomed into the community, although he never adjusts. He continues to exhibit a stern, tough behavior, despite the attempt by the community to adjust him to their lifestyle. Thinking a man is an enemy after a war flashback, Todd grabs the man and nearly kills him. It is eventtually decided that Todd be exiled from the group. The villagers provide him with supplies for survival and send him on his way, with Mace wishing him luck. Todd settles in an old drainpipe among the garbage heaps of the planet. It is there where his emotions finally overcome him, and he cries due to his failure to adapt to the human society.<!--Will finish later-->
== Cast ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!align="left"|Actor/Actress
!align="left"|Role(s)
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|[[Kurt Russell]] || Todd
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|[[Jason Scott Lee]] || Caine 607
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|[[Jason Isaacs]] || Mekum
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|[[Connie Nielsen]] || Sandra
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|[[Sean Pertwee]] || Mace
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|[[Jared Thorne]] || Nathan
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|[[Taylor Thorne]] || Nathan
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|[[Mark Bringleson]] || Rubrick
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|[[Gary Busey]] || Church
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|[[K.K. Dodds]] || Sloan
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|[[James Black]] || Riley
|-
|[[Mark De Alessandro]] || Goines
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|[[Vladimir Orlov]] || Romero
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|[[Carsten Norgaard]] || Green
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|[[Duffy Gaver]] || Chelsey
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|[[Michael Chiklis]] || Jimmy Pig
|-
|}
== Reception ==
Like its sister film ''Blade Runner'', ''Soldier'' was a box office [[flop]]. Shot with a rather high budget of $75 milion, the film only took in $15 million worldwide.[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120157/business]
Critical reaction was harsh as well; the film's director, Paul Anderson, was heavily criticized for his work, and some considered writer David Peoples to not be up to his usual standards with the screenplay.
== References to ''Blade Runner'' ==
''Soldier'' is set within the same [[fictional universe]] as the 1982 cult science fiction film ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Writer [[David Webb Peoples]] specifically wrote these references in his script for ''Soldier''.
*[[Tannhauser Gate]], a ___location mentioned by [[List of minor characters in Blade Runner#Roy Batty|Roy Batty]] in ''Blade Runner'', is referenced three times in Soldier; Near the beginning of the film, Todd's accomplishments can be seen on a computer screen. The screen reads that he was involved in the Battle of Tannhauser Gate. After Todd arrives at the settlement on Arcadia, a woman looks at Todd's arm, which reads, among other things, "Tannhauser Gate." When the woman reveals this to her husband, he replies "Tannhauser Gate was a battle."
*Reportedly, the original plan was to actually ''show'' the Battle of Tannhauser Gate in the film, but this idea was scrapped during production.
*The [[Shoulder of Orion]], another ___location mentioned by Roy Batty in ''Blade Runner'', is also listed on the computer screen at the beginng of the film as a battle Todd had participated in.
*A vehicle from ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (known as a "[[Spinner (Blade Runner)|spinner]]") can be viewed in one scene in the village on Arcadia, while the villagers are celebrating what is apparently [[Christmas]].
*David Peoples has also claimed that the soldiers of this film are examples of the engineered life forms (known as "[[replicant]]s") seen in ''Blade Runner''
*The film also obliquely references various elements of works by [[Phillip K. Dick]], who had written the novel on which ''Blade Runner'' is based. However, Dick was not involved in ''Soldier''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s creation.
== Trivia ==
*Todd's service record, as displayed on a computer screen, includes the following references:
**The battles of [[Tannhauser Gate]] and Shoulder of Orion — ''Blade Runner'' ([[1982]])
**Receipt of the "Plissken Medal" — ''[[Escape from New York]]'' ([[1981]]), ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'' ([[1997]])
**Receipt of the "O'Neil Ring Award" — ''[[Stargate]]'' ([[1994]])
**Receipt of the "Cash Medal of Honor" — ''[[Tango and Cash]]'' ([[1989]])
**Receipt of the "Maccready Cross" — ''[[The Thing]]'' ([[1982]])
**Receipt of the "Capt Ron Trophy" — ''[[Captain Ron]]'' ([[1992]])
**Receipt of the "McCaffrey Fire Award" — ''[[Backdraft]]'' ([[1991]])
**Receipt of the "Dexter Riley Award" — ''[[The Strongest Man in the World]]'' ([[1975]]), ''[[Now You See Him, Now You Don't]]'' ([[1972]]), ''[[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]]).
**A list of Todd's weapon training history. It indicates that he has been trained on the M41A Pulse Rifle and "USMC Smartgun," which were weapons seen in the film ''[[Aliens (1986 movie)|Aliens]]''. The list also indicates that Todd is capable of using the "Illudium PU36 ESM," 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 the [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoons. The list also indicates that Todd is capable of using the "DOOM MKIV BFG," a reference to the computer game ''[[Doom]]''.
*Among the garbage on the planet:
**The [[USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
**The [[F-117X Remora]] from ''[[Executive Decision]]'' ([[1996]])
**A spinner from ''Blade Runner'' ([[1982]])
**A piece of the Lewis & Clark from ''[[Event Horizon (film)|Event Horizon]]'' ([[1997]])
**The [[Liberty Bell]] is among the garbage in the ship that slides towards Todd when he gets dumped on the planet.
*The film's original title was "The Base."
*A false press statement was released, saying that Kurt Russell broke his ankle during a stunt, when in fact he tripped over an ornamental cabbage during a break.
*Shorter people (4' tall) were used in the scenes with the large military vehicles to make the machines look larger.
*Todd, the main character of this film, is on screen over 85% of the time, but only speaks a total of 104 words.
*The trailer featured a spectacular space battle involving 20-30 ships around a planet (possibly a glimpse of the [[Tannhauser Gate|Battle of Tannhauser Gate]]). The film contained no such scene, nor could it plausibly have done so except perhaps as a flashback. It was possibly a marketing ploy.
*During the sequences where Caine 607 is driving the crawler, the control he uses to fire the weapons is a Saitek X36 PC joystick.
*During the War Of Six Cities scene, the map hanging on the wall is the plan of the [[Moscow Metropolitan]].
*One of the sound bites when Cane is pounding the residence is music from [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Immigrant Song]]."
== DVD release ==
''Soldier'' was released on DVD on [[March 2]], [[1999]]. It was released as a double-sided disc, which included the widescreen version on one side, with fullscreen on the other. The film's audio was mixed in Dolby 5.1 surround sound for the DVD, and included on the disc was a film commentary.
'''Features:'''
*Available Subtitles: English, French
*Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
*Commentary by: director 'Paul Anderson (III)' (qv), co-producer 'Jeremy Bold' (qv) and actor 'Jason Isaacs' (qv) (Dolby Digital 2.0)
== External links ==
{{Wikiquote}}
*{{imdb title|id=0120157|title=Soldier}}
*[http://www.wb-soldier.com/ WB-Soldier.com] - The film's official site
*[http://www.brmovie.com/ BRmovie.com] - A fan website of the ''Blade Runner'' universe
*[http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/soldier.html Site containing the complete ''Soldier'' screenplay]
*[http://www.bftr.com/Pages/projects/soldier.html Site detailing the special effects sequences for the film]
*[http://media.bladezone.com/contents/film/tie-ins/soldier/ Site with a review of the film]
*[http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=2365 Another review]
*[http://members.aol.com/aleong1631/soldier.html Another review]
*[http://home.att.net/~bob.wallace/empire-in-space.html Another review]
*[http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/s/soldier.html Another review]
*[http://www.scifimoviepage.com/soldier.html Another review]
*[http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/s/soldier.html Another review]
*[http://www.sciflicks.com/soldier/facts.html "Facts" about the film]
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