Toy Soldiers
by Daniel Petrie Jr.
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Actor: Andrew Divoff, Keith Coogan, R. Lee Ermey, Sean Astin, Wil WheatonDirector: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Brand: Sony
Writer: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Producer: Chris Zarpas
Producer: Donald C. Klune
Producer: Doug Metzger
Producer: Jack E. Freedman
Writer: David Koepp
Writer: William P. Kennedy
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Toy Soldiers
Movie Review: VERY enjoyable 80s fun - The in-school suspension version of Red Dawn
Summary: 5 Stars
Toy Soldiers is one of those awesome 80s movies that didn't try to wow the audience with believability. It's a good thing; too, because the formula used is a complete winner. It is just underdogs versus villains, precocious American teens defeating a vastly superior foreign enemy; it's the in-school suspension version of Red Dawn.
The film centers on a prep school, Regis, and a group of unruly friends led by Billy Tepper (Astin), who has been kicked out of multiple schools before this one. Along with friends Joey Trotta (Wheaton), a mobster's son; Keith Coogan (Bradberry), the artist; Ricardo Montoya (Perez), the translator; and Hank Giles (Russell), the token. Together they form the school's upper-class leadership, the guys with the best pranks and Listerine-vodka, the admired school celebrities. Along the way they must match wits with Edward Parker (Gossett, Jr.), the tough-love approach Dean who serves as a mentor.
When the school is taken over by South American terrorists who are armed to the teeth with machine guns, explosives, and ransom demands, guess which kids just happen to be part of VERY wealthy and very influential families, and therefore important in the ransom plot? Naturally, the Regis "Rejects" pause from zit popping to bravely band together and concoct a plan that may as well have been hatched in the Mystery Machine. Somehow, however, despite the fact that their plan requires the theft of a military HMMWV, and hinges upon a remote controlled UFO/plane hybrid owned by a kid named "Yogurt," the surrounding military and Parker agree that it's probably the best bet for success. You can't make this stuff up.
From beginning to end, this movie is enjoyable. The acting is top-notch, and head terrorist Luis Cali - portrayed convincingly by Andrew Divoff - should get more attention for his fine work. Once the first act is over the direction doesn't allow for a dull moment the rest of the way. Great action, funny situations, heck, even the score is memorable. The only egregious flaw in this movie is the casting of pipe-cleaner thin Will Wheaton as a tough mobster son. If there is a worse casting misfire in Hollywood history I'd like to see it.
This is a textbook, classic version of enjoyable, completely unbelievable movie. It's right up there with Red Dawn and Iron Eagle (in which Louis Gossett, Jr. also stars) for me, and not only will I watch all three whenever they come TV, I'll defend them as well. With the absolutely ridiculous premise of a boarding school being infiltrated and controlled by a South American terrorist group who fall to the logistics and strategy of a handful of mavericky kids who probably failed algebra and are inexplicably led by a 5-foot-nothing hero in Sean Astin, it just can't be taken seriously. But it's fun the entire movie, and I highly recommend it for a good, hands-off time.
Jason Elin
Summary of Toy Soldiers
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