Soldier (1998 American film)

Soldier is a 1998 science fictionaction film directed by Paul Anderson, written by David Webb Peoples, and starring Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee and Gary Busey.

The film tells the story of an unemotional rigidly disciplined laconic soldier of the future who is left for dead, befriends a group of refugees, then faces his former superiors and soldiers who are determined to achieve their goal by eliminating the refugees.

The film was released worldwide by Warner Bros. on October 23, 1998. Upon release, Soldier received generally negative reviews, although many praised the action sequences and Russell's performance. The film was also a box-office failure, grossing $14.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. Despite the financial failure, the film has now become a cult film.