When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
Jonathan Bouck
- Brad
- (as Jonathan David Bouck)
Storyline
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- TriviaJoe Dante originally wanted the cast of Predator (1987) to voice the Commando Elite. Arnold Schwarzenegger would voice Chip Hazard, Shane Black would voice Kip Killagin, Carl Weathers would voice Butch Meathook, Jesse Ventura would voice Brick Bazooka, Sonny Landham would voice Nick Nitro, and Bill Duke would voice Link Static.
- GoofsWhen Archer looks at the other Gorgonites on his box, Troglacon is shown after the Gorgonites rebuilt him. He should look the way Erwin designed him.
- Quotes
Major Chip Hazard: Are you scared? We're all scared. You'd have to be crazy not to be scared.
- Crazy creditsThe soldiers are credited as "The Original Dirty Dozen" and the Gorgonites are credited as "Spinal Tap". Many of the character voices actually come from those two movies.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD features some deleted scenes:
- Alan meets the principal of his new school, who tells him he doesn't like troublemakers.
- An extended version of the scene where the dish technician tells Phil a lot more about the way the dish works and why the tree has to be moved.
- Some added dialogue for Stuart and Irene about their old home Chicago right before Phil starts to saw off the branch.
- The Gorgonites search Alans encyclopedia for Gorgon. Instead of their home they find the daughter of the Greek God Phorcys.
- A discussion between Alan, Christy and their parents about what happened.
- Phil and Stuart discover that Alan and Christy get away through a window.
- The Toys discover Christys parents, her brother and Irene in the storeroom and ask for "any last requests".
- SoundtracksWar
Written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
Adapted by Layzie Bone (as Steven Howse), Flesh 'N' Bone (as Stanley Howse), Wish Bone (as Charles Scruggs), Tom Morello, Flea & Damon Elliott
Performed by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) with Flesh 'N' Bone (as Flesh-N-Bone), and Henry Rollins, Tom Morello & Flea
Layzie Bone & Wish Bone appear courtesy of Ruthless Records
Flesh-N-Bone appears courtesy of Mo' Thugs Records/Def Jam Records
Henry Rollins appears courtesy of DreamWorks Records
Tom Morello appears courtesy of Epic Records
Flea appears courtesy of Warner Bros Records Inc.
Produced by Damon Elliott
(Contains a sample of "War" as performed by Edwin Starr)
Sample courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.,
Under license from Polymedia, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.
Original recording performed by Edwin Starr
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.,
By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
Featured review
Small Soldiers is good old fashioned, Tongue-in-cheek fun.
Regular movie watchers will see many of their favorite characters, all caricatured here together as either a Commando-Elite or a Gorgonite warrior.
The names of the characters, particularly the Commando-Elite, are extremely good, and worthy of an award of their own.
Although some of the animation is a little wooden, that just seemed to add to the whole flavour of the film.
As long as you don't have any pre-conceptions about this film, and ignore the hype, you are in for some highly entertaining fun. After all, who can watch a room full of bikini-clad barbie-dolls-with-attitude, "playing with their owner for a change", without breaking into a grin...
Favorite quote: "Lets see how you like being played with"
Regular movie watchers will see many of their favorite characters, all caricatured here together as either a Commando-Elite or a Gorgonite warrior.
The names of the characters, particularly the Commando-Elite, are extremely good, and worthy of an award of their own.
Although some of the animation is a little wooden, that just seemed to add to the whole flavour of the film.
As long as you don't have any pre-conceptions about this film, and ignore the hype, you are in for some highly entertaining fun. After all, who can watch a room full of bikini-clad barbie-dolls-with-attitude, "playing with their owner for a change", without breaking into a grin...
Favorite quote: "Lets see how you like being played with"
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,682,547
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,047,592
- Jul 12, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $54,682,547
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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