Customer Reviews

Solo

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Director Norberto Barba directed the independence "Blue Tiger" starring Virginia Madsen. Not a bad movie. And his next movie "Solo" is much better. Sure, nothing new about the plot. About a cyborg that somehow got soft spot in his "heart" and disobey direct order to destroy civilians. Eventually it is destroyed but guess what it survived. But the good thing about this DVD is the powerful sound. Until the recently released T2 special edition, I think this is one of the best sound for an action movie on DVD. Consider to add this title to your DVD collection if you are an action movie fans. I did.

This movie is underrated, and how are you supposed to tell how good it is with only 3 reviews? There are 3 different opinions here, but it is up to you who you believe. I really enjoyed this movie. It is almost like a PG-13 Terminator 2 with much less violence and a different plot. Solo is a "robot" that stumbles upon a village of Mexican Farmers. They are being attacked by stubborn rebels but Solo quickly gets rid of this threat. He teaches them how to fight back, and they get their turn for fighting back. Action-a little bit of love, a good plot-what more could you need? This story brings together the thought of friendship through tough odds and different races. The acting is quite good, the plot is believable, and it teaches you some good facts about how to live your life. Hatred--or friendship. Solo has his hands filled with battling soldiers, and even a new improved version of the same kind of robot he is.

THIS MOVIE IS NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD, BUT IS DEFINITELY WORTH SEEING.

This cyborg called solo Knows how to think for himself and has emotions.He did belong to the army until he started to realize he was hurting innocent people so he wages a one-man-war against his own army when they look for him.The film could use a little more action but it was still pretty good.out of curiosity i think they should make a seqeul to it

Solo is the perfect soldier. He is a master of combat in all its forms. He has no family. No friends. No birth certificate. No Social Security number. No medical benefits. If he is severly wounded, he will be abandoned by his commanders. No one will cry if Solo is gone. Who, after all, would shed a tear for a killing machine? Which is exactly what Solo is, the very best money can buy. Everything from the action to the acting makes this movie well worth it. Humor plays a huge role in this movie also.

well i got the dvd and it was all scratched up and not so good
so i played it and it turned out to be ok
you can really see the marks and not happy about it,
other than that good movie

Solo, staring Mario Van Peebles, is not a classic. Solo, the film, reminds of Predator, another sci-fi action film staring good-ole Arnold, with the jungle setting and the army running around killing people. In fact Predator isn't much better, but that's another review. If you're ever bored, ya know, on a Sunday afternoon, like me, check this movie out. The writing is mediocre, Mario Van Peebles turns in a decent performance, the action is light, and the jungle setting looks really nice.

This is a pretty barebones DVD, but it is Widescreen... so is the picture quality good?

The movie was great. Im actually surprised it didn't jump start Mario Van Peebles' career more than it did.

I must be so far outside the age demographics for this movie that I'm willing to give 2 stars. My head says that it's a 1 star flick but I weakened and gave 2. There are some decent actors in this movie, but they are giving 2 dimentional performances as they sleep-walk through what passes for the plot. The action was just OK, the fight scenes (the reason I watched the movie) were poorly done. Special effects were not so special. Van Peebles is a much better actor than what he showed here. OK, he was playing a robot, but Arnold set the standard for android actors and Mario, handcuffed by the script, looks like he walked out of a 1950's SciFi B movie.

If you can watch the movie on TV for free, give it a look. If you can remember the Nixon Impeachment, you may bail after the first 30 minutes.

I doubt there will be a Solo 2 but given the ending, the producer left the door open so consider yourself warned!

This movie is nothing but a boring, unthrilling waiste of money. It's like an eclipse, people, it's dangerous to look at it directly.