Friday 16 March 2018

Freeview film of the day: friday 16th of March

Small Soldiers (1998 105min.) [Film4 6.50pm &+1]

When an overeager toy designer installs state-of-the-art military microchips into a line of action figures, the result is a battle royal between the Commando Elite and the peaceful Gorgonites. The problem is that the battleground is the suburban household of young Alan Abernathy.

Fantasy action adventure starring Kirsten Dunst, Gregory Smith and featuring the voice of Tommy Lee Jones.

Directed by Joe Dante, who made the Gremlins films, and it shares with them the same sense of anarchic wry humour and freewheeling mayhem.

Watched it again recently and was impressed by how well the special effects had stood up in this age of CGI tech wizardry. There some great voice acting and (the very young) Kirsten Dunst and wonderfully malevolent Dennis Leary turn in terrific performances.

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