I Finally Watched - Small Soldiers - Movie Reaction

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But or Rent - Small Soldiers - • Small Soldiers
Joe Dante directed this satirical action-comedy about talking tech toys accidentally juiced-up with military microchips. After the defense industry firm Globotech takes over a small toy company, Heartland Play Systems' CEO Gil Mars (Denis Leary) gives the green light to develop a new line of action figures, requesting an upgrade to more realistic figures from Heartland toy designers Larry Benson (Jay Mohr) and fumbling Irwin Wayfair (David Cross). Mars wants toys that act like the ones in TV commercials. The results are fierce fighting figures, the Commando Elite, programmed to seek out and destroy the kindly alien-like Gorgonites. In an effort to make the toys as natural as possible, Benson inserts Globotech's most powerful military computer chips. Meanwhile, in quiet Winslow Corners, Ohio, toy-store owner Stuart Abernathy (Kevin Dunn) and his 15-year-old son Alan (Gregory Smith) are stuck in a failing business, so when Heartland truckdriver Joe (Dick Miller) stops by with the Commando and Gorgonite toys, Alan is convinced they will be hot sellers, commenting, "Maybe this store will finally make a little money." With blistering blows to their blister packs, the Commandos burst out, receive orders from their leader Chip Hazard (voice of Tommy Lee Jones) and ready for an all-out assault on the Gorgonites. When the Gorgonite leader Archer (voice of Frank Langella) begins communicating with Alan, it causes the Commandos to perceive humans as another enemy, simply by their association with the "Gorgonite scum," so an attack on the Abernathy house begins. Unfortunately, the Gorgonites can offer only limited assistance, since they have been programmed to lose. The film combines animatronics, puppetry, and computer animation. The Commando Elite voices include surviving actors from Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967), while the Gorgonite voices reunited several This Is Spinal Tap (1983) cast members. A dedication to Phil Hartman (the voice of Phil Fimple) after the closing credits features a brief Hartman outtake.
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[@Jordashian93]

This live-action, animated feature has all the charm of the entirely animated Toy Story plus an audacity all of its own.

[@MisterX867]

This one's quite underrated in my opinion. I actually find it to a rather clever movie if you start to think about how it's poking fun at the fact that society has tried to militarize the minds of people from very young ages. Even the film's marketing focused entirely on the antagonistic soldier toys instead of the peaceful monster toys.

[@josephcline3652]

I loved this movie as a kid. It's truly underrated.

[@seenitallreactions3583]

They did make toys that were basically exact replicas of these. I had a few of them. They came in the same looking box and everything. They were cool.

[@0725038]

Yeah, i had Chip, Archer and Insaniac. They were awesome.

[@bigbow62]

He didn't steal the toys he asked joe the truck driver he could front him that set so he could sell the toys and help his fathers store... he planed on paying joe the truck driver & that would cover the set he "borrowed " everything would've been cool... ....but other things happened & money was never a problem again ✌️🙂

[@paltrax]

Exact is a stretch. But what I wouldn't give for movie accurate figures.

[@imabosssorta1923]

I loved this movie as a kid. Even remember owning an Archer toy.

[@Nicamon]

I had Chip!😎💚

[@kagemushashien8394]

YES! I WISHED THERE WAS A SEQUEL! There's also board games and video games too about it, I wished I had those toys, which one was your favorite? I like the black sniper and Chip Hazard, while I like Archer and the one that had to be fixed, Trapacon? But honestly I like them all. I also like the music and "Action". I also memorized just about the whole movie dialogue, that's how much I watched it as a kid playing with plastic toy soldiers.

[@thedoctor4327]

Bare minimum there should have been a post credit scene of the Commando Elite beginning their campaign against the drug cartels, with all their cliche dialogue translated badly into Spanish

[@joecrazy9896]

They dropped a "proof-of-concept" trailer for a Small Soldiers video game a few days ago.

[@BadluckTribe]

Small Soldiers | War for the Necron

[@LoveSickWorld]

@@joecrazy9896And I must be the only person in the world who wasn’t impressed by it lol

[@joecrazy9896]

@LoveSickWorld I thought it was neat, but I wouldn't say I was impressed by it. Gonna hold my thoughts on it until more comes out, specifically actual gameplay footage.

[@NebLleb]

Funny thing: They actually announced a standalone sequel to this film this year. The sequel, titled "War for the Nekron", has a new cast, but is picking up thematically where its predecessor left off.

[@topofladder]

It’s very strange that it didn’t do that well at the box office I remember seeing this when it first came out and I bought the whole set of the toys. But movies like this aren’t always appreciated until later like Scott pilgrim vs the world which a lot of people love now but did pretty bad at the box office

[@ruthsaunders9507]

The toys were so cool. I bought one of the neighbor kids the radio and it was his prized possession. They sold out fast.

[@topofladder]

@@ruthsaunders9507 yeah I had the whole set of the commandos

[@jamesmuise2499]

What do you mean it didn't do well at the box office? The budget was 40 million and the box office was 87.5 million.

[@topofladder]

@@jamesmuise2499 yeah that’s not good at all that’s like a marvel movie making back there budget

[@jamesmuise2499]

@@topofladder First off, that's over twice they used. Second off, are you really going to call that doing well. Because that's just idiotic. It's like the people who keep calling a movie a box office failure when that implies it made less.

[@patch1752]

I loved this movie as a kid, wow it’s been awhile since I’ve watched it last.

[@dcemerald70]

This film is such an underrated classic! I just love watching this film as a kid, and I believe I might’ve had at least one or two of the figurines. It has action, a solid story, and a great talented cast! It is really such a shame that I did not get a sequel; maybe they might do a reboot, although it would have to be a very good one in order to compete against the Nostalgia this one. Jacob Smith, who plays Timmy, Chrissy’s little brother, was not Jack Banning in Hook. That role was played by Charlie Korsmo. Jacob did play the role of Jake, Baker in Steve Martin’s Cheaper by the Dozen 1-2 and Brian Riley in Disney Channel’s Phantom of the Megaplex. Two other films that I would love to recommend star the actors Frank Langella (Archer) and Tommy Lee Jones ( Chip Hazard): Cutthroat Island and Volcano. 👨🏼‍🦳🪖⚔️👹🏹💚💛🤎🖤

[@ianpreston4408]

Great movie! Thanks for doing a video on it! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ianpreston4408]

@@JVsGalacticAdventures thanks

[@josephg.1.130]

There are tons of things that was made by a military company and brought to families and their homes.

[@dhatfield8411]

It's a little detail, but I like how Chip's speech was pretty incoherent. He was just plug-n-playing snippets from existing speeches.

[@alexconn7473]

A lot of those speeches were military related in one way or another

[@sammybear7100]

Another great Joe Dante movie is the 'Burbs with Tom Hanks. It's hilarious!!

[@lucasclement9368]

In case you're unaware: A fan-made Proof of Concept Trailer video was uploaded to KZbin on just over a week ago. It's title is, Small Soldiers: War for Nekron. The video has become so popular, it's been dubbed as the "spiritual sequel of Small Soldiers". Many are hoping that it's a teaser for a future movie or video game. If you're able to make any time, would you please do a reaction video? After seeing your reaction to watching the original, I'd like to see your reaction and hear your opinion on this video.

[@sparky3574]

Hope this movie gets more noticed in the next several weeks because of the sequel. It’s like Killer Klowns from Outer Space, they’re getting a video game and now people are checking out what’s the hype.

[@MetaLatias5]

I remember another movie similar to this one from my childhood that I loved, it was called "The Indian in the Cupboard", it was more magic than sci-fi if I remember correctly and used actors for the toys coming to life (rather than CG or stop motion), I'd recommend it if you want to watch more movies about toys coming to life from the 90's ^^

[@KERRYPIKE]

I love the Small Soldiers movie because of great action.

[@seanaries7563]

This was my favorite movie as a child. I had the toys and video game. This movie is still amazing. It needs brought back and revamped. As long as they dont ruin it.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

This wasn't my favorite film by any means, but it is a guilty pleasure and pretty good for the time it came out. Especially in a post toy-story world, this and "indian in the cupboard" did well with bringing toys "to life" in a live action film.

[@erikolson4148]

53:21 not his wife, Stuart's wife, Alan's parents. Phil and Maryann are Christy and her little brother's parents.

[@boodahbass]

the toy store scenes were filmed at the Orange Circle, an old fashioned shopping mall in my hometown!

[@BigGil103]

Love this movie, childhood classic right here. I even played the video game on PS1 lol

[@redironproductions5579]

Fun fact: Soviet weapon factories HAD to make at least something for the civilian market wether it be toys, cooking utensils whatever. They had a quota i.e. for every 10 tanks make at least 20 pots and pans.

[@22Tesla]

Heheh, I remember renting the VHS of this film from Blockbuster when I was a kid. The film ended right when the one Commando took a spin in the garbage disposal cause the VHS was wrecked somehow. Didn't re-visit it until years later cause I was terrified of the film as I could only remember not liking the design of the soliders and the scene with the one commando getting bifercated by the bike wheel just gave me anxiety. When I did return to it, I rented the DVD of the film from Blockbuster (before they went out of business) and absolutly loved it. It REALLY needs a sequel! I'd welcome it wholeheartedly!

[@hoss9688]

Love this movie. I was blessed enough to have most of these toys as a kid. My Auntie claims she went through hell to get Archer for me. He was one of my favorite toys along with an original Woody and an original He-Man that I inherited.

[@miorandmior]

The delivery guy wasn't exactly stealing it. He's giving the boy a set to sell in advance , the boy will sell it and pay him the cost which he will pay onward back to globotech. Albeit slightly later. 🙂. He's helping out the boys' shop.

[@monsterhighandbarbiefan]

this gives poppy playtime vibes

[@nickcopeland6915]

6:08 - That's an in-joke, since the director, Joe Dante, also directed Gremlins.

[@daurydavis3983]

I used to have Archer and Major Chip Hazard action figures a long time ago

[@darrylcarden1851]

You talking about wanting to watch memories in 4K reminded me of a movie with part of the premise that folks have chips implanted in their brain at birth that record everything so it can be watched back later. If you want to see Robin Williams in a non-comedic role give “The Final Cut” a watch.

[@thedoctor4327]

Enjoyable movie although the demonic Barbie zombies get a little too close to Chucky territory for my liking

[@alexconn7473]

Honestly that thing at the start of the movie about them using the same technology used in military hardware and equipment and putting it into civilian consumer products it actually really wouldn't surprise me if they did that sort of thing in real life in fact I'm sure they do I mean take certain civilian vehicles people use nowadays some of them like the jeep started off being used as military vehicles and some like the humvee still see active use by the military

[@alexconn7473]

Also there are specialized technologies that are resistant to emps they are purposefully designed to be able to withstand electromagnetic pulses through specialized shielding kinda like how the gorgonites were saved from being fried by the emp by the satellite dish

[@erichousley448]

I like the monster idea. They should turn that into a show and kids need to learn more things. If you just give them violence things. Sooner or later there going to hurt there friends without realizing they are doing so

[@TokuRewinds]

I absolutely loved this movie! I used to have all the figures back in the day! Even Flatchoo, the burping and farting one at the beginning of the movie. Seeing this reaction makes me want to buy this on bluray now and recollect the figures!!

[@LightStreak567]

I loved this movie when I was a kid! I remember this movie promoted the rodeo cheeseburgers from Burger King back in 1998. And yes, they did sell toys based on the toys of this movie, but I didn't collect either of them, I was more focused on the Jurassic Park related toys.

[@cawreveiwer2010]

the late Ernest Borgaine (aka Mermaid Man from Spongebob) voices one of the commandos alongside TLJ, Bruce Dern (Hateful 8), NFL Legend Jim Brown, and George Kennedy. Frank Langella voices Archer, Christopher Guest voices Slamfist (the one you do a good impression of), Michael McKean (Chuck from Better Call Saul) and Harry Shearer (The Simpsons) voice the rest of the Gorgonites

[@cawreveiwer2010]

Also Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci voice the Gwendy Dolls

[@Austin.Kilgore]

1:00:29 Well he said “add a _FEW_ zeros at the end” which for me personally, I typically interpret “a few” as 3… so if they were $79, then they’d now be $79,000.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

Man I absolutely loved this movie as a kid! This and and “The Indian in the Cupboard”

[@amitamaru]

There's a trailer floating around suggesting a reboot of Small Soldiers. No clue if it's going to be a movie, game, or series, but the trailer looks great.

[@WanderingRoe]

Omg man it’s been ages since I’ve seen this. 😄 So long in fact that it’s almost like watching it for the first time, lol. Brings back such good memories from the 90’s! Thanks for reacting to this, I probably wouldn’t have re-visited it otherwise. 😄

[@sonofkarma5461]

This was one of my Favorite childhood movies, I used to be the Typical boy who enjoyed battle and military

[@knowledge-girl]

My brother and I saw it in the theater, we were 13 and 11. I remember the ads because they kept playing "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, and it was the first time I heard that song.

[@cruzuvalle9845]

This was one of my family’s favorite movies when I was growing up… it was always on :)) I ❤ it

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

It's so good!

[@benji285]

1:54 In truth, there's nothing dystopian nor futuristic about it.

[@cosmiccsf5043]

Cool idea is that your friend buys a Link Static Commando to talk with your friend over his radio.

[@KindredKeepsake]

I LOVED the movie as a kid, and I'm glad that you also loved it. I can't remember his name (Larry?)--but the guy in the purple suit with a yellow shirt, who put the chips in the toys to begin with was totally William Afton from Five Nights at Freddy's before he was a thing... My brothers and I would watch the movie all the time, and attempt to play the PS2 videogame--horribly. But it was still fun. Both my younger brother and I were too young to say "Small Soldiers" right, so we would just say "Small Soljins!" XD Plus we both had speech impediments to high hell (we would both botch so many letters, but my stutter/speed talking was even WORSE!), so that didn't help! I don't remember the plot of the videogame, nor do I even think we made it past the first level... We would just mess around with 2-player mode in some cave setting the whole time, dying a whole bunch of times! We never got bored, oddly enough! Those were good times.

[@mogwiawolf4354]

grew up watching it and love it

[@justintime9314]

I like this movie

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

BROOOOOOO, HAS ANYONE IN THIS CHAT SECTION SEEN THE SMALL SOLDIERS WAR FOR THE NECRON TRAILER??!!!?!

[@cephasmarc85]

I am Archer leader of the Gorgonites

[@nickcopeland6915]

Actually, the little brother wasn't the son from Hook. The brother is Jacob Smith. The son from Hook was Charlie Korsmo.

[@daviddejesus2496]

Once you watch this awesome movie there's no turning back.

[@shanec3610]

Did anyone else get the Burger King toy of their fave characters? I have Slamfist, I also have his action figure also my Furby took OFFENSE TOO THAT IMPRESSION!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Side note Allen's mom is queen and will always be 👑💅

[@lookatthisjamoke]

some electronics can be immune to some EMPs tho. wristwatches and maybe some cellphones. So having a chip that is more likely to survive an EMP might be helpful. But many people dont experience EMPs in their life.

[@alexbrunner1900]

This movie is so underrated and I always have a blast when I watch it.

[@jakeybarra4015]

At the end of this movie makes me cry.

[@Nicamon]

*YEEESSS!!!!!!!* 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 FINALLY SOMEONE REACTING TO THIS _AWSOME_ MOVIE!!!!!!!💚 I still have a special book with cool extra details and curiosity and the files of all the toy characters! So cool!😎 0:10:37 - 0:10:39 _Why_ are they peaceful,though?Weren't they supposed to be programmed to be the bad guys?Why did they keep the mentality _Irwin_ intended to give them?🤨 BTW I checked and Christy's little brother is not Jack from"Hook".Sorry,buddy. 0:38:21 He could point out his _hair_ was moving too and obviously the Commandos weren't moting _it._ 😉 0:42:03 - 0:42:12 I agree. (Meanwhile ep 1x03 of"Black Mirror"is staring at us...👁👁) 0:48:45 In Italian he says:"Oh!Here's dad!"I find it more cute.😊💙

[@MrPerson61]

Funny how you find it strange that Companies make both weapons and home appliances and things. iirc General Electric who makes washers/driers etc, also makes the A-10 Warthog ground attack plane. Honeywell who makes things like thermostats also makes Mines. So yeah companies that make things for homes definitely make things for war as well

[@morgangoodwin5488]

I always looked at this movie as scary Toy Story lol.

[@paltrax]

Fun fact. a figure takes about a year from concept to release today. 3 months is ridiculous.

[@nathancruz9172]

I find this movie funny when, Commandos are evil as they think they're soldiers not knowing a toys.

[@hoss9688]

I'm sure this was a Spielberg movie. He just didn't want his name attached to it for some reason, I think he didn't really believe in it. Still it became a cult classic with major toy sales.

[@scoutart1508]

Well you know, dreamworks is stablished by Spielberg nontheless

[@josh_miester_x511]

Lol I just noticed. Chip Hazard. Cuz the chip in his head is dangerous. Lol

[@justchillin2844]

Another Good Classic!

[@World-Maker]

Think about this, a lot of What was done in this one movie was done by a movie studio and a lot of people working on Practical FX, Special FX, lighting, sound and a lot more but know it can be done by a small team of people using Blender, Unreal Engine or Even Unity you would still need to know the software but half of it is really easy to learn and use. I do a lot of cool things like games that have characters that look and move like the ones in the movie and some times the animations are even better and the characters!? well how can I say it oh yeah! You know Crysis the game! the only thing is that everything I make is only for my self or for my friends and brothers but they keep on telling me I should sell a lot of what I make or develop, Maybe one day but not just yet first I want to make some thing that is not just looks, If I am to make some thing that can be sold It has to be fun to play and not just for me but every one.

[@alejandromonreal3592]

My childhood movie

[@moneylover318]

This is going to be my favorite movie forever

[@amberaegard]

Archer is so cute

[@zvimur]

Not so much a sequel as a "cousin", TV episode Battleground" of "Nightmares and Dreamscapes"

[@hiddenechoes]

How. Have. I. Never. Heard. Of. This. Movie.

[@moneylover318]

This Was the first PG-13 movie I ever saw And it's one of my all time favorite movies

[@EmaSkyeLover42]

I LOVE Small Soldiers so much, easily one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I sadly don't own anything Small Soldiers related save for the DVD and a game for the old-school computer but all the same. Which Commando Elite and Gorgonite are your absolute favorites if you had to pick a couple?

[@JamieS1992]

there is another movie about toys coming to life The Indian in the Cupboard

[@raphaelsanluis9711]

It was actually about culture

[@RavagHer]

for military purposes having a weakness to emp would be kinda stupid in war. meaning it needs shielding from emps but it would of been too costly so they scrapped it.

[@nerdywithautism99]

Yes they made the toys for Small Soldiers my parents bought me the 12 inch electronic talking Chip Hazard, of of Ebay used for 33.95 they bid for it I watched this movie when I was baby before I could walk my parents friend Tony let me borrow the VHS to Small Soldiers I watched it on loop when I'm trying to sleep for bed I wake watching it every night... Tony and his wife let me borrow it back in 2008 before I was in Elementary School, Tony's wife said I can keep the Small Soldiers VHS Tape I still have it to this day

[@lordofalltime]

those Barbie rip-offs where voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[@marlonclark1896]

and Christina Ricci as well

[@usernameunknown69]

This movie was my childhood

[@6TomCruz6]

I really wanna to be like Major Chip Hazard that I started to get flat top haircuts from the age of 6 till the age of 26 I'm almost 29 now and have long hair like Archer 😂 I went from being a soldier to embracing more of my native American culture

[@moneylover318]

Did he ever watch the flintstones movie on here?

[@BadluckTribe]

Small Soldiers | War for the Necron fan film

[@Sargentsnakeeyes]

Actually it doesn't count as stealing if it just fell off the truck and the actual truck just went off to the distance.

[@jonathancruz5932]

My childhood memory

[@benquirobiequiratman4646]

Tom Hanks & Tim Alan voice actors

[@masterofinfinity479]

i think i still have this on vhs

[@ethanhawley7314]

Sill a good move to me

[@ajxn6432]

I just found out that there making a small soldiers war of a necron game

[@drahunter213]

Never got why people locked up bikes when I was a kid lol the place I was living in was great I guess lol had like 3 bikes for the family and none of them got stolen because everyone else had bikes…then I learned it’s only the cities that have major bike thefts and you can’t even have them on your porch because it’ll be stolen right off there lol…glad I had a great childhood where theft wasn’t a thing lol just the bullies were a big thing back then and the only way to over come that was growing up faster and learning to defend yourself…telling on the bullies literally made things worse 100% if the time lol

[@andkon73dex44]

No like 7 years after they had smart robots I had one as a kid can't remember what it is called

[@jermainejohnson1657]

I've been trying to get more into tech what tech leaders are you talking about?

[@bestfan993]

Thanks for the reaction

[@dakotacarmel4640]

Wow, l love this movie as a kid and didn't realize that the mogul guy was Denis Leary. 😂😂 (A$$hole) yo yo yo yo yo

[@kynanwilliams8012]

no blood in a PG movie hahah, that tells you all you need to know about todays society with regards to movies lol

[@boeitnie1185]

phil phimple was murdered by his wife a month before the movie came out

[@TheBlond49]

Better than Toy Story.

[@benquirobiequiratman4646]

ferby s I remember Everyone was Buying out

[@benquirobiequiratman4646]

forgot that actors name

[@stephaniecabrera9396]

Boy Meets World Season 1

[@Austin.Kilgore]

29:02 Lol I’m starting to remember why even though I really liked this movie as a kid, I could stand this kid. (I remembered really disliking but I couldn’t really remember why, just that I did.) But yeah, kids a prick lol

[@JamieS1992]

42:05 like the movie click