17 August 2009. Kurt Russell excels in this military action adventure sci fi movie with a brevity of dialogue and solid acting. The polar dynamics operating here between an extreme version of a brainwashed, brutalized military soldier and the rudimentary cobbled together tribe of families forgotten in the backwash of a garbage heap of a world is fascinating to watch. This mainstream movie is a clear step above the average action movie by highly acting over-exaggerated drama. The martial art scenes aren't fancy, but gritty, raw and well-photographed fighting sequences. The movie delicately dances through the obvious stereotypes but with a sensitive undertone, avoiding the obnoxious tendency towards syrupy overplay. An entertaining, meaningful, and emotionally connecting movie. 8/10. (The story of Soldier was written by Daniel Webb Peoples who originally wrote the screenplay for the sci fi classic Blade Runner (1982). 7/21/022).