1. Soldier (1998)
It's A Half-Assed Sequel To...Blade Runner (1984) Last year everyone got kind of frightened when Ridley Scott said he planned to revisit the
Blade Runner world with a new installment. "Don't!" they cried. It's perfect!" And though that's relatively true, something already exists which at least one person on the planet considers a "side-sequel" to the world's most beloved sci-fi film.
Soldier, penned by David Webb Peoples (who also co-wrote
Blade Runner), starred Kurt Russell as a "hardened veteran of many battles," which is a good way of saying that he's basically a badass. And this film focuses on said badass's adventures as he's dumped on a waste disposal planet (seriously) and is forced to defend it against engineered soldiers who are programmed to kill. Aside from the fact that its writer has declared
Soldier a "side sequel" and a "spiritual sister to
Blade Runner," there are also a couple of references (or in-jokes) to their apparently having taken place in the same future: at one point, you can read that Russell's character fought in the "Battles of Tannhauser Gate and Shoulder of Orion," and at another, you can glimpse a spinner vehicle. Shame the film was utter trite, then, hm?
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