Soldier [Blu-ray]

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Overview

After scripting Blade Runner and Twelve Monkeys, David Webb Peoples continued to traverse the science fiction landscape with this action-adventure directed by Paul Anderson. A prologue shows infants classified 1A and placed in an academy promoting violent militarism. Spawned in such an environment, Sgt. Todd (Kurt Russell) became a top-ranking interplanetary fighter. However, military upgrades in genetic engineering made Todd obsolete. Todd's commanding officer, Captain Church (Gary Busey), has a confrontation with West Point-trained Colonel Mekum (Jason Isaacs), who heads the new generation of genetically engineered fighters. One such warrior is Caine 607 (Jason Scott Lee), who defeats Todd and others led by Church. The trio, presumed dead, is put in a garbage ship which dumps them on the distant Arcadia 234 planet. However, Todd survives and is nursed by homesteaders Sandra (Connie Nielsen) and Mace (Sean Pertwee), while their mute son Nathan (brothers Jared and Taylor Thorne) watches. Todd is regarded with suspicion by others in the colony. But when the warrior supermen, led by Caine 607, attack the settlement, Todd turns out to be their only line of defense. The one-man army springs into action to eliminate the super squadron amid leftover props from Demolition Man, Event Horizon and other sci-fi movies.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2011
UPC:	0883929179749
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	12,153

Special Features

Commentary by director Paul Anderson, co-producer Jeremy Bolt and costar Jason Isaacs; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kurt Russell	Todd,Young Todd
Jason Scott Lee	Caine 607
Connie Nielsen	Sandra
Gary Busey	Church
Sean Pertwee	Mace
Michael Chiklis	Jimmy Pig
Jason Isaacs	Col. Mekum
Brenda Wehl	Hawkins
Mark Bringelson	Rubrick
K.K. Dodds	Sloan
Jared Thorne	Nathan,Noah
Jesse Littlejohn	Will
James Black	Riley
Tom O'Brien	Actor
Vladimir Orlov	Romero
Ashley Nolan	Judith
Patrick Tyler	Bucky
Mark De Alessandro	Goines
Carsten Norgaard	Green
Duffy Gaver	Chelsey
Brenda Wehle	Hawkins
Paul Dillon	Slade
Max Daniels	Red
Paul Sklar	Melton 249
Jesse D. Goins	Chester
Ellen Crawford	Ilona
Don Pulford	Singh
Conni Marie Brazelton	Eva
Kyle Sullivan	Tommy
Corbin Bleu	Johnny
Danny Turner	Omar
Joel McNeely	Composer
Mark Bringleson	Actor
Elizabeth Dennehy	Jimmy Pig's Wife

Technical Credits

David Webb Peoples

Susan Ekins	Executive Producer,Producer
R.J. Louis	Executive Producer,Producer
Mindy Marin	Casting
Clay Pinny	Special Effects
Jerry Weintraub	Producer
David Webb Peoples	Screenwriter
James G. Robinson	Executive Producer,Producer
Jeremy Bolt	Producer
Victor Abbene	Special Effects
Bob Beher	Sound Effects
Neal Anderson	Sound Effects
Barbara Boguski	Sound Effects
David E. Campbell	Sound Effects
Bryan Bowen	Sound Effects
Fred Fontana	Producer
Robert Small	Special Effects
Wayne Burnes	Special Effects
Donald Krause	Special Effects
Joshua Pinney	Special Effects
Michael Roundy	Special Effects
Keith Suzuki	Special Effects
Kenneth Van Order	Special Effects
Tom von Badinski	Special Effects
Mike Wever	Special Effects
John Fleming	Special Effects
Alan Roberts	Special Effects
Seth Arnett	Stunts