"All quiet on the western front ... yard"
I've recently been rewatching a few movies of my childhood. I've watched Jumanji. I've watched Flubber. Sadly, both of these movies do not hold up well watched today. Most problems are with bad CGI, or the movies being too much for kids. So of course I went into this movie with quite a bit of fear. Scared to ruin another childhood memory.
I was positively surprised.
Small Soldiers is about a new line of Toys that are intelligent. And they are deadly.
The characters are well done and well acted, the kids and the grown ups.
The story is original and fun. And the whole movie felt like there were stakes, I was pretty sure none of the humans died, but during watching it I wasn't sure anymore, especially because the Commandos (lead by Tommy Lee Jones) were not holding back.
Talking about the Commandos, they (and the Gorgons) were my biggest fear. Because in parts they are CGI, and 90s CGI is not the greatest. But here it held up quite well, probably because Toy Soldiers were easy to animate because of their texture.
Also, every time they interacted with characters, it were just real toy soldiers, so the transition worked.
All in all I really enjoyed this movie, it is fun for everyone and well acted. I had a fun time watching it, and I can just tell everyone to watch it. 4 out of 5 stars.
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