Small Soldiers Full Movie Reviews

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filmfan09
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Rating of
3/4

Technologically stunning cartoon

filmfan09 - wrote on 03/17/2009

Directed by Joe Dante, this movie is an action-comedy about talking toy accidentally enhanced with military microchips. After a defense industry corporation named Globotech takes over a small toy company, Heartland Play Systems', a ruthless corporate CEO (Dennis Leary) produces two lines of action figures requesting an upgrade to more realistic figures. The results are the Gorgonites who are peaceful aliens programmed to lose, and the Commando Elite is programmed to destroy them. Alan, the son of a failing toyshop owner, befriends the Gorgonites which causes the Commandos to perceive humans as another enemy, simply by their association with the "Gorgonite scum".

The film combines animatronics, puppetry, and computer animation. The special effects are amazing for it's time and …

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