Rating: - Just a cool movie!
This is not the fastest action movie out there but it is VERY COOL! How many other movies show the guys changing magazines in their submachine guns at the proper time? No shooting the guns all day without reloading! Has a good solid story line, some cool one-liners and a lot of neat stunts. This movie is worth adding to your collection. Now to get it on DVD.
Rating: - Great Action Scenes
This is a great, 1980's cold war action movie, althou very dated, it's still a great, saturday night popcorn film!!!
This movie, is a great cult classic, and deserves a great dvd release!!!!
Rating: - An Awful Movie .... that I Still Love to Watch
As others have said about this film, it was great to watch as a kid (I was twelve when it first came out). It fed my uninformed, childish notions of espionage.
Of course, the whole film is ridiculous now, both in terms of its depiction of the CIA & KGB as well as from a filmmaking standpoint. Other reviewers have already pointed out the painfully slow pacing, the ridiculous plotline, the numerous factual errors, the impossible scenarios, and the wooden acting. One fun item not yet mentioned is what appears to be a serious editing error. Prior to showing a meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister and Israeli security officials to discuss the stolen plutonium, there is a piece of stock footage showing what looks like a concrete, military bunker with antennas. The caption on the screen read: "Israeli Prime Minister's Residence." Later, just before showing the interrogation and execution of ... Read More
Rating: - Loved it as a kid, don't think much of it now..
I was blown away by the blood drenched action of 'The Soldier' as a goofy 7 year old. This movie, along with 'For Your Eyes Only' were among my top 10 spy movies of 1982. My favorite parts were the ceremonial percussion synthed intro, the baby carriage lady smashing against the windshield of a limo, the sinister background music to the bomb making sequence, the surprise massacre of innocent looking KGB agents in the middle of a Philidelphia street, the stomach explosion from the shotgun hidden in trenchcoat trick, the execution of a neanderthal looking terrorist, an awesome ski chase scene, and a vicious harpsichorded battle between Ken Wahl and a ninja who turned out to be his CIA buddy. I also love the Tangerine Dream soundtrack!
This movie does seem pretty hokey now. Don't get me wrong, I am not very hip to today's CGI drenched hollywood fare, and a lot of vintage action movies still ... Read More
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- Just a cool movie!
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