Solo (1996)
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4% of critics liked it
(26 reviews) -
24% of users liked it
(6,129 ratings)
The American military-industrial complex has a blueprint for the perfect mechanical soldier. Unfortunately, the prototype, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), has responded appropriately to his programming (which requires him to reason things out on his own), with results that the designers didn't… More The American military-industrial complex has a blueprint for the perfect mechanical soldier. Unfortunately, the prototype, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), has responded appropriately to his programming (which requires him to reason things out on his own), with results that the designers didn't anticipate and don't like. For one thing, he objects to killing innocent bystanders. Already one of their covert operations has been ruined by his scruples. The manufacturers have given orders that he is to be taken back to the lab and reprogrammed. Now on the run from his makers, he comes to a village of oppressed peasants and teaches them how to fight back successfully in a sequence which harkens to the classic The Seven Samurai. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norberto Barba
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 23, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Leonard Klady, Variety
The best one can say for Norberto Barba is that he directs a slick piece of goods. But no amount of fast cutting or tempo can disguise the material's simplistic, thoughtless nature.
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Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Since filmgoers are told early on that there is only one other super-cyborg prototype in the world, well, guess what the big climax is?
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A lackluster action-adventure.
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Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
Not one fight is memorable, and the set looks recycled from an Indiana Jones theme park.
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Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
For what it is, a straightforward sci-fi action movie with an equally straightforward hero, Solo works.
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Cast
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Mario Van Peebles
as Solo
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Barry Corbin
as Gen. Clyde Haynes
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Bill Sadler
as Col. Frank Madden
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Adrien Brody
as Bill Stewart
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Seidy Lopez
as Agela
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Abraham J. Verduzco
as Miguel
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Julian Bucio
as Rebel in Church
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Álvaro Carcaño
as Elder #1
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Greg Collins
as Scanion
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Jaime Gómez
as Lorenzo
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Christopher Michael
as Flight Deck Officer
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William Ungerman
as Bayne
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Abel Woolrich
as Lazaro
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John Flock
as Lab Tech
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William A. Wallace
as Mr. Thompson
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Norberto Barba
as Rebel Soldier
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Damián Bechir
as Rio
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Joaquin Garrido
as Vasquez
- William Sadler
- Jamie Gomez
- Kevin Cole
- Demian Bichir
