Small Soldiers

Name: Small Soldiers
Duration: 1 h 50 min

1hr 50m

1hr 50m
3.3/5 (14.3K)
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When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Joe Dante, Joe Dante

Producer:

Michael Finnell, Walter F. Parkes, Michael Finnell, Colin Wilson

Writer:

Ted Elliott

Release Date:

Jul 10, 1998

Runtime:

1hr 50m

Synopsis

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Cast

Gregory Smith
Jay Mohr
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst
Gregory Smith
Phil Hartman
Jay Mohr
Ann Magnuson
Phil Hartman
Kevin Dunn
Denis Leary
David Cross
Ann Magnuson
Wendy Schaal
Alexandra Wilson

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3.3

RATINGS 584 FANS

3.3

Aug 14, 2018

"I think WWII was my favorite war." A film that investigates the ways we sell war to young boys under the guise of "action" by having action figures literally ingest the brutal policies and tactics of the American military ("How could they be dangerous? Everything on…

1.2K Likes

Josh Lewis

Nov 18, 2020

I feel bad for anyone who hasn't seen this as a kid.

941 Likes

Ethan Ethan

Oct 4, 2020

78 A desecration of hollow, toothless American values. Joe Dante is as sharp as ever in this mix of militarized corporate absurdity and cartoon seige picture. He has such a knack for small-scale mayhem, and the effects are top-tier: you hardly see the seams.

573 Likes

SilentDawn
Feb 3, 2021

“What’s the matter kid, don’t you like nine inch nails?” *fires nailgun*

496 Likes

Justin LaLiberty

Nov 16, 2019

A casual reminder that if the toys from Toy Story wanted to they could probably kill us all

406 Likes

adambolt

Jul 27, 2014

"We have met the enemy, and he is you!" you know that sneaking suspicion you had that corporate/military hegemony was slowly supplanting your rights and accumulating your property?

294 Likes

matt lynch
Feb 12, 2022

“Small Soldiers” teaches children valuable life lessons about: conflict resolution, sharing, and the social degradation resulting from an unchecked military industrial complex. Joe Dante’s movie about toy commandos that come to life was widely critiqued on release for…

254 Likes

theriverjordan

Jun 28, 2023

All Gorgonite Scum Must Die. Did another episode of e1's Pop that Corn about this Joe Dante VHS classic. One of my favorite parts of this movie is that they got several of the surviving cast members of the Dirty Dozen (Borgnine, George Kennedy and Clint Walker) to…

241 Likes

Will Menaker

Sep 17, 2016

"It's a baton death march!" The big budget children's entertainment of the 1990s is the savage attack on American values of the 21st century. I would have been 10 when I saw this in theaters (I remember it was the first time I heard anyone use the expression "it sucks"),…

211 Likes

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Alex Ruppert liked

Small Soldiers

Literally Toy Story if it but war. This movie reminds me of the Gremlins. Because like these toys literally getting like exploded and burned alive. Very entertaining to be honest.

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BrewingUhStorm liked

Small Soldiers

Rating: 6.5 A childhood favorite even if just from nostalgia alone.

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Garrett liked

Small Soldiers

My 90s rewatching tour continues. The nostalgia and corniness was 🤌

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Name Jeff loved

Small Soldiers

GET UNDER THE SATELLITE DISH YOU OAF

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Christian Fisch liked

Small Soldiers

Classic flick

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Marissa liked

Small Soldiers

Classic

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Arsal liked

Small Soldiers

Small Soldiers is basically Toy Story except the toys are heavily armed, homicidal, and way more intense. Think cuddly toys went rogue with attitude and guns. It’s goofy, weird, and a little scary but mostly a hilarious ’90s chaos fest.

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Clementine liked

Small Soldiers

An interesting sci-fi action film about weaponised toy figurines. It's a bit cheesy, but it has a lot of good moments. Especially the ending is worth it for the loveable anti heros of the film. 7/10.

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Jayce Cornell loved

Small Soldiers

This is such a classic to me. It would air all the time on tv and I watched it EVERY time. It may be nostalgia blindness sure, but this movie should have MUCH more of a cult following than it has.

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