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Year
1991
Runtime
111 min.
Director
Daniel Petrie Jr.
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating *
6.5
Votes *
15,446
Checks
1,350
Favs
34
Dislikes
17
Favs/checks
2.5% (1:40)
Favs/dislikes
2:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Samwise Gamgee and Wesley Crusher take on the cartels! Die Hard in a prep school, Toy Soldiers is a movie that couldn't possibly be made today. It has gun violence in a school, which can't be played off as light action fare now, and there's also something uninspiring about making the leads privileged rich kids who act like rebellious youth from the streets. That said, I thought it worked better than I expected. Though it's clearly doing Die Hard, the kids aren't superhuman even in a "vulnerable" John McClane way, and their capacity to cause trouble for the cartel terrorists holding them hostage is well foregrounded, and then have surprisingly realistic consequences (for the genre anyway). The main kids aren't all differentiated as much as I would like, and the main villain isn't as insane in the body of the film as he is in the prologue, but Lou Gossett Jr. is likeable as ever as their equally heroic dean. 2 years 7 months ago
  2. RoastMutton10's avatar

    RoastMutton10

    The bromance is strong with this one 10 years 8 months ago
  3. bartleby187's avatar

    bartleby187

    very under-rated film. 12 years 3 months ago
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