Solo
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Actor: ?lvaro Carca?o, Adrien Brody, Barry Corbin, Demi?n Bichir, Socorro AvelarBrand: Sony
Primary Contributor: Sadler, William
Primary Contributor: Van Peebles, Mario
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Reviews of Solo
DVD Review: How's the picture quality?
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a pretty barebones DVD, but it is Widescreen... so is the picture quality good?DVD Review: Frankly, I Watched SOLO To See Adrien Brody!
Summary: 3 Stars
When I recently stumbled upon SOLO on cable TV and realized that Adrien Brody, one of my favorite actors, was third-billed in this Mario Van Peebles action flick, I decided to record it and check it out later for the heck of it. Turns out that was a good idea, since I got the most enjoyment out of this derivative SF/action/adventure when I simply gave up and fast-forwarded to Brody's scenes as Solo's endearingly scruffy creator Dr. Bill Stewart (sounds like the kind of bland name they'd give the hero in a 1950s creature feature -- see, I told you SOLO was derivative! :-). Brody's one of the few performers in the film who actually says his lines with heart and conviction. When he was emoting opposite Van Peebles & Co., I wonder if Brody ever thought one day he'd be winning an Oscar for his starring turn in a Roman Polanski drama? :-) Adrien Brody fans, get the VCR ready; genre fans, try renting THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, FRANKENSTEIN, THE TERMINATOR, or any of the other movies that SOLO rips off, er, pays homage to! :-)DVD Review: Very good move and concept
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie was great. Im actually surprised it didn't jump start Mario Van Peebles' career more than it did.DVD Review: A one star rating on this movie is too much of a compliment
Summary: 1 Stars
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.DVD Review: An action pack thriller.
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Description of Solo
Mario Van Peebles stars as a force of one in SOLO the high-tech adventure about an Army android who learns to think - and kill - for himself. The Army's biggest threat since the atom bomb Solo is an indestructible android wired to win every battle. But when innocent civilians are torched by his unit Solo discovers he's on the wrong side of an illegal operation. Now the Army's ultimate weapon is waging a one-man war against his own creators.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?043396825895There's a hint, albeit a very brief one, of James Whale's classic 1931 Frankenstein in this low-budget movie about a robot soldier, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), created by the Pentagon to be the perfect, unfeeling fighting machine. When Solo is sent into Central American jungles to battle guerillas, a flaw in his program emerges when it's discovered that he has compassion and a conscience. Fleeing his keepers, the robot becomes part of a jungle village after its inhabitants get over the need to run from him. (The latter is where the Frankenstein parallel comes in.) The film isn't particularly clever, just noisy and ugly, and one can't help but think of it as a knock-off of The Terminator. Van Peebles doesn't seem the ideal choice for an action hero along the lines of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Kurt Russell--who do this kind of thing well--but then again this is basically drive-in fodder. --Tom Keogh
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