Review of Soldier

This variation of The Magnificent Seven In Space is tweaked from the routine to the slightly above routine by Kurt Russell's impressive and impassive performance. In fact, I felt that the action sequences (involving explosions, slow motion, faceless spear-carriers being slaughtered by the hundreds, and Russell doing all of this single handed) actually detracted from the much more interesting story to be told about Russell's character.

Much of the set design was very good, but the fact that a lot of the action took place during the large set of aircraft ribs protruding from the ground ended up making the movie feeling more claustrophobic than it needed to.