Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Crappy film

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. Small Soldiers is incredibly underrated and was unfortunately a bit ahead of it's time and sure it kinda reminds a bit of Toy Story but it also does things of it's own mixing Warriors against Commando's and the whole thing just works perfectly. Plus the casting is really good since well known actors such as Kirsten Dunst and the late Phil Hartman can be seen in here plus another good Dick Miller role as well. (10/10)

I remember Small Soldiers when I was a child – I loved it. I remember having a pencil case set of Small Soldiers my mum bought me, so I do have fond memories of it, and I also do remember it being very popular back then. I actually use to thought back then that the soldiers were the goods guys, and that the gorgonites were the bad guys until I watched the movie. The movie was very good, enjoyable and watchable. Some of the scenes were really funny – I have to admit. It is a movie where you hope the soldiers will just get "toyed" with, but it wasn't as simple as that – not by a long shot!!! What I did not enjoy about this movie was just how weak the gorgonites were made out to be compared to the soldiers for the most part of the movie. It felt like the soldiers were in charge for the most part of the movie including over humans??? the soldiers were frightening despite being toys – I must say. I didn't like some of the cast though, however, such as the one that played "Alan" – his character was annoying as hell! they could've used someone better than Kirsten Dunst though she was very popular after her success in the Jumanji film. With better choice selections in terms of cast, and possibly a better storyline, Small Soldiers would probably have been an amazing movie. It's still a good movie nonetheless. Small Soldiers brings back a lot of memories, and is surprisingly underrated despite its initial popularity back then.

I guess after Toy Story, we were about to have all the copy cats come rolling out. Those old soldiers that we all had as little boys were not very interesting. They were mostly left to stand in places. I remember using them as little bowling pins and knocking them over with a baseball. They are probably the simplest toys, with their sort of yuck green color and lack of any sort of flexibility. Of course, true to their position in the toy world, they are going to go on a mission of some sort, using their combat skills. There are a few jokes, but, for the most part, there is almost no personality, no supporting characters like a Buzz Lightyear. But for kids who just want to watch toys moving around, I'm sure this is satisfying. By the way, the one with the gas mask used to really freak me out.

GloboTech Industries is a giant defense industry and consumer conglomerate which acquires the little Heartland toy company. Irwin Wayfair (David Cross) and Larry Benson (Jay Mohr) are two designers who come up with two new lines of toys called Commando Elite and Gorgonites. GloboTech CEO Gil Mars (Denis Leary) wants to make the most advanced toys ever and Larry uses an overly powerful government military microchip. Alan Abernathy (Gregory Smith) is new in town working at the family toy store after getting kicked out of two schools. They get a delivery of the new GloboTech toys. Christy Fimple (Kirsten Dunst) is his next door neighbor with a little brother Timmy (Jacob Smith). Gorgonite emissary Archer befriends Alan. Commando Elite Chip Hazard leads his squad to destroy the Gorgonites.The idea is great. It doesn't need the exposition of the military-corporate conglomerate. It just needs the toys, the kids, and havoc in a small town. The toy company is a waste of time. It just needs the military showing up at the end to clean things up. Cross and Mohr add nothing to this. It would be even better if they concentrated solely on the kids fighting the toys.