I loved "SOLO" & have wanted to see it since the 90's when it came out & i saw the cool looking cover, & read that one of my favourite actors of all-time was in: WILLIAM SADLER.
SOLO is like others of that awesome action sci-fi thriller genre with greats like: kurt Russell's SOLDIER & Van Damme's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. The good news is Solo was exactly what i expected it to be & was worth finally tracking it down & watching it.
I love 90's movies & love 90's sci-fi action thriller's & Solo is one of my new favourites of the genre.
Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City, Jaws: The Revenge, Posse, Gunmen, Crazy Six) is a fine action star & a very good director too, & here he gets to play a Terminator type of character. Van Peebles plays Solo a specially designed super-soldier made for combat & precise strategic assaults on enemies.
Solo was designed by science wizard, a very young Adrian Brody (Predators) & he made him with a sense of morals & so Solo begins to think for himself & make decisions on what he thinks is right. There's a feel of Robocop here & abit of Terminator & definitely some Universal Soldier & a hint of Predator (with the tropical jungle setting) & Solo is a damn good movie to fit in with those I've mentioned.
Solo fails a mission because he thought about his actions & decided not to kill innocent people & therefore is gonna be decommissioned until he escapes the military compound & crashes into a latin American jungle.
Solo befriends the jungles small village peasants & helps them fight back against their enemies. Whilst Solo begins to find his humanity & meaning, he is being hunted down by the Armys most ruthless Soldier Col. Frank Madden (an excellent WILLIAM SADLER) who wants to destroy Solo & bring forward a new cyborg built in his own likeness.
William Sadler is wonderful in his ruthless & evil role & we know Sadler can play ruthless & evil to perfection, just look at his brilliant villain performance in DIE HARD 2.
SADLER is a favourite of mine & I've loved him in stuff since Die Hard 2 (the best one) & Trespass & Tales from the Crypt present: Demon Knight & other stuff. Sadler is a gem of an actor that is great in anything & i check out films just because he's in it.
Solo is a kick-ass sci-fi action adventure thriller full of cool battles, fun moments & two awesome actors facing off together (Peebles vs Sadler) I liked the music (pure 90's) & i loved the hot tropical jungle setting (like Predator & Congo) & i loved the ancient temple base that Solo hides out in, it's very well designed by the production team.
Solo is a top notch 90's action movie & anyone who loves this stuff should check it out!!!
Solo is a good character that could've continued in more movies, more adventures & a franchise as its left wide-open for his character at the end. I would've like more films of Solo.
I really liked Mario Van Peebles in this emotionless cyborg role, its actually very difficult to play this part because he has to constantly act Not out of breath or seem exhausted after his many action scenes. Big thumbs up to Peebles for pulling it off like a pro.
SOLO is like others of that awesome action sci-fi thriller genre with greats like: kurt Russell's SOLDIER & Van Damme's UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. The good news is Solo was exactly what i expected it to be & was worth finally tracking it down & watching it.
I love 90's movies & love 90's sci-fi action thriller's & Solo is one of my new favourites of the genre.
Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City, Jaws: The Revenge, Posse, Gunmen, Crazy Six) is a fine action star & a very good director too, & here he gets to play a Terminator type of character. Van Peebles plays Solo a specially designed super-soldier made for combat & precise strategic assaults on enemies.
Solo was designed by science wizard, a very young Adrian Brody (Predators) & he made him with a sense of morals & so Solo begins to think for himself & make decisions on what he thinks is right. There's a feel of Robocop here & abit of Terminator & definitely some Universal Soldier & a hint of Predator (with the tropical jungle setting) & Solo is a damn good movie to fit in with those I've mentioned.
Solo fails a mission because he thought about his actions & decided not to kill innocent people & therefore is gonna be decommissioned until he escapes the military compound & crashes into a latin American jungle.
Solo befriends the jungles small village peasants & helps them fight back against their enemies. Whilst Solo begins to find his humanity & meaning, he is being hunted down by the Armys most ruthless Soldier Col. Frank Madden (an excellent WILLIAM SADLER) who wants to destroy Solo & bring forward a new cyborg built in his own likeness.
William Sadler is wonderful in his ruthless & evil role & we know Sadler can play ruthless & evil to perfection, just look at his brilliant villain performance in DIE HARD 2.
SADLER is a favourite of mine & I've loved him in stuff since Die Hard 2 (the best one) & Trespass & Tales from the Crypt present: Demon Knight & other stuff. Sadler is a gem of an actor that is great in anything & i check out films just because he's in it.
Solo is a kick-ass sci-fi action adventure thriller full of cool battles, fun moments & two awesome actors facing off together (Peebles vs Sadler) I liked the music (pure 90's) & i loved the hot tropical jungle setting (like Predator & Congo) & i loved the ancient temple base that Solo hides out in, it's very well designed by the production team.
Solo is a top notch 90's action movie & anyone who loves this stuff should check it out!!!
Solo is a good character that could've continued in more movies, more adventures & a franchise as its left wide-open for his character at the end. I would've like more films of Solo.
I really liked Mario Van Peebles in this emotionless cyborg role, its actually very difficult to play this part because he has to constantly act Not out of breath or seem exhausted after his many action scenes. Big thumbs up to Peebles for pulling it off like a pro.