Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune (2012)

  • 14% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 8% of users liked it
    (2,811 ratings)

Captain Craig McKenzie (Christian Slater), a former US special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience firsthand the kicks and thrills of war. However, the mission goes horribly wrong, and the men get a lot more than they bargained for. -- (C) MGM

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Action & Adventure
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Aug 3, 2012 Limited
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

    Korostyshevsky doesn't waste a lot of time getting from run-jump-shoot to duck-roll-cover and back again; the artillery decibel level isn't matched by any notable level of filmmaking craft or excitement.

  • Andy Webster, New York Times

    For the cast, shooting the movie (in Ukraine) may have been a working vacation, but for viewers, watching it is an excruciating sentence of hard labor.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    A talented cast is wasted in this sub-par, umpteenth variation on The Dirty Dozen.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media

    Soldiers of Fortune has a good cast, and most of them try their best, but you have to wonder why any of them actually signed on for this lopsided movie.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    Soldiers of Fortune is...hardly the fun throwback to the action films of the 1980s that one might've hoped for...

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  • Al S


    A sharp, original, funny and thrilling action-packed movie. A wild, fast, furious and exhilarating thrill-ride packed with suspense, non-stop action and some surprisingly great characters and development. A wickedly entertaining action-thriller. A great all-stat cast, who all seem to… More

  • Manu G


    To stop the worst you have to send in the best. An instant guilty pleasure kind of movie! Soldiers of Fortune is not the best movie you'll ever see. It's probably not the best movie you'll see this month. The special effects, the plot and the writing leave much to be… More

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