Rebeldes e Heróis

I first seen this movie like a year and a half ago and I loved it, I decided to get the DVD last year for my birthday.. It has the right amount of suspense, action and drama.. This movie is about prep school called The Regis School and its packed with rebellious kids, in which one kid William Tepper (Sean Astin) has a hard time adjusting due to prior rejections from other schools cause they couldn't control his rebellious act and now at The Regis School committing more acts of a rebellion there school gets taken over by terrorists on a random day and which the real reason is because the leader Luis Cali's (Andrew Divoff) father has been sent to prison,and the leader will do anything including killing the students, setting bombs and so forth in order to get his father back.

Along side William Tepper, is his rebellious friends at the Regis School, one in particular is Joey Trotta (Wil Wheaton) in which this guy holds a troubled past of living in a Mafia family and being sent to The Regis School because of hating his father for who he is and which now he must deal with these terrorists taking over the school, so William, Joey and there friends must band together to stop these terrorists from violent acts and hazardous tactics.

This movie was really awesome and I believe people should notice it more because when people think of a good hostage movie they would say "Die Hard" and even though I would have to agree with them, they need to recognize that Toy Soldiers was a good thriller, it sure had my heart beating because the students are my age and I would be scared to confront terrorists like these if they took over our school ... But overall this movie is really worth a good 112 minutes of your time and If I had a decision to rent or buy it... I WOULD BUY IT! I recommend it with a lot of hype! 8/10

I remember seeing this when it first came out in theatres and wondering why it wasn't a bigger hit at the time. Writer/director Daniel Petrie Jr. and his co-writer David Koepp have done an excellent job of taking a basically far-fetched comic-book plot and then getting us to go along for the ride. The acting is generally good all-around, with special kudos going to Andrew Divoff as the smooth, suave villain. Smart, fast paced, action-packed and exciting....a perfect popcorn picture.

This is one of those movies that are very underrated. Again i am voting for an underrated movie. This movie has a good story line, maybe a bit farfetched but it could happen. Sean Astin(one of my favorite actors) again shows us a good performance. The guy does a great job in acting but never gets recognized for his roles. He has done well since the goonies. Not only him but Louis Gosset JR. does a swell job. I thought maybe this movie would have made more money in theaters but who cares about money anyways. All around this is a good movie that will have you at the edge of your seat at times and the plot will keep the movie moving itself. I enjoyed this movie and hopefully the rest of you will as well.

We are kept on edge in many scenes as there is genuine danger if something doesn't happen just the right way. And this isn't one of those movies where everything is guaranteed to turn out all right, though the violence is not excessive or graphic. Innocent people die, though that' mainly in Colombia. There is a chance someone you care about might not make it.

At the same time, it is interesting to watch the teenage boys figuring out how to get out of their situation. And quite exciting when their plans turn into action.

This movie is not entirely without comedy. In fact, it is a comedy in the first scenes at the school, before the terrorists arrive. There are a few more funny moments after that.

Louis Gossett Jr. Shows why he he has won at least one Oscar. Although he could surely have been the man in charge, he was perfectly suited for the role of the strict but patient and caring Dean Parker.

Sean Astin does a good job too. Although not the smartest in some ways, he certainly comes across as the leader and the one who can figure things out.

It is to be expected that this movie's target audience was teenage boys, and even back then, the music boys liked wasn't what I would call music. But there wasn't too much of that. The background music was good, and I was almost certain I heard a few notes of a certain Martika song. Even though that song had the same title as the movie, her recording was not used.

Was this family friendly? Once cleaned up for TV, this had a TV-PG with a V when I saw it. I guess that was appropriate, though it does have this one funny scene where a telephone sex worker wants to take off her clothes. There were obvious substitutions of cleaner words. And I mentioned the violence wasn't graphic, though innocent people do die. That's more implied than anything else.

Formula? Maybe. I like the formula.

This movie is great! Sean Astin is my favorite actor, and in toy soldiers he did an amazing job! This movie is under rated and so is Astin! He is an amazing actor. You wont be disapointed if you watch this movie... i guarantee it!