This is a bit hammed up - lots of improbable action, dramatic lines, almost a caricature of a shoot-em-up spy movie. Yet, for what it is, it is great - You'd probably appreciate it a lot more as a twelve year old boy than any other age viewer, but it is fun and well done for its genre. It's no more corny than the old Star Trek was, in my opinion, nor much less! Plus, for the older viewer, Alberta Watson looks really good in this one. It moves fast, carries the viewer right along and requires only that you let it be a story and not critique it for accuracy, sophistication or subtlety of plot. There is a bit of 80's era violence, people getting shot, etc., no nudity, and some rough language. Also, in its hokey way, it gives a whiff of the era of the cold war. The Godfather, it's not, but a great movie for what it is.
Review of The Soldier
