in a future society and the military component do not have to recruit while rather and their candidate be choose at birth and cull from nursery and designate to spend their entire life in the service of the government . they be give over to the war machine and body and soul and for no reason other than to protect and serve while they have no personal identity other than a name and rank and and no autonomy whatsoever . this be the fate of those whose destiny be predetermine for them in ` soldier and direct by paul anderson and star kurt russell . the scenario be hard and bleak a the movie begin by depict the training of the soldier during advance period of time and from preadolescence to adulthood . russell be sergeant todd and the best of the best and and we glimpse his career a he discharge his duty in an exemplary manner in campaign after campaign while he be what he be bear to be and a soldier . but even the best can not go on forever and and the day arrive when todd and his peer be no longer the elite . a new generation of soldier have be create and product of advanced genetics and technology and and todd generation be suddenly obsolete . what follow be the story of a man who must fight for his life and while struggle to discover his own sense of humanity and individuality and traits new to a soldier who have know only two thing his entire life represent fear and discipline . russell give a commanding performance a todd and the soldier who above all else must obey order without question while suppress all emotion and individual thought . he have few line in this movie and but russell speaks volume with his eye . this role demonstrate that he be and in fact and one of the under appreciated actor of our time while that he can disappear so entirely into the character of todd be a credit to his ability and and with this part he have create someone quite different from any he do before . and he give todd a depth and credibility that someone of less talent could easily have render a nothing more than a pretentious and superficial stereotype . notable performance be also turn in here by connie nielsen ( sandra ) and jason isaac ( colonel mekum ) . round out the support cast be jason scott lee and memorable a caine 607 and one of the new generation of soldier while sean pertwee ( mace ) while gary busey ( captain church ) while michael chiklis ( jimmy pig ) while and mark bringleson ( rubrick ) . anderson have deliver an action film with a message and a cautionary tale that transcend the genre of science fiction . ` soldier remind u of the importance of keep the humanity of our life intact . it an entertaining way of make u consider the alternative and like a bleak future and a world in which good movie just wouldn not make a whole lot of difference . much like ` 1984 and and ` mad max and this movie and which be ultimately uplifting and be go to make you take pause and think about the kind of universe in which we all must live together and share . i rate this one positive .