Small Soldiers (2/10) Movie CLIP - Activating the Troops (1998) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Chip Hazard (Tommy Lee Jones) escapes from his box and activates the rest of the Commando Elite.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
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.

CREDITS:
TM & © Dreamworks (1998)
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Jim Brown, Bruce Dern, Tommy Lee Jones, George Kennedy, Clint Walker
Director: Joe Dante
Producers: Michael Finnell, Walter F. Parkes, Paul Deason, Colin Wilson
Screenwriters: Ted Elliott, Adam Rifkin, Terry Rossio, Gavin Scott

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[thomasspongeconductor]

Fun Fact: All the guys that voiced the Commandos (with the exception of Tommy Lee Jones) actually all served in the military.

[generalcoon]

It just cracks me up knowing that this was Dreamwork's answer to Toy Story.

[couldntthinkofagoodnamesoi]

For a kids movie, I remember this being pretty violent and brutal.

[mitcht]

You can tell Tommy Lee Jones was having so much fun voicing Chip Hazard. You can hear the enthusiasm in almost every hilarious/badass quote he delivers 🤘🔥

[dandynoble]

Ah, my childhood! Even though they were the villains, they were a pack of badass soldiers.

[alexlemonds]

More people need to give this film a chance.

[BonecrusherT]

Still a very fun and imaginative film nearly 20 years later that's held up great. So underrated.

Edit - turning 25 this year. Hard to believe.

[FarryEntertainment]

How were these CGI graphics so good in 1998??

[sonicxrich]

In Remembrance to Commando Elite....
- Jim Brown voice as Butch Meathook
(Born: February 17, 1936 – Died: May 18, 2023)

- Clint Walker voice as Nick Nitro
(Born: May 30, 1927 – Died: May 21, 2018)

- George Kennedy voice as Brick Bazooka
(Born: February 18, 1925 – Died: February 28, 2016)

- Ernest Borgnine voice as Kip Killigan
(Born: January 24, 1917 – Died: July 8, 2012)

[benneel]

Something you might not have realized is that, the reason Chip says "standard issue in insufficient" is because he most likely tried to use his standard issue pistol to try to kill Archer while they were both in the back, but it didn't work because, you know, it's a toy. Hence why he was holding the pencil compass when they were found.

[satoshikatsumoto]

I like how even though the cgi is all jerky it feels legitimate, these are toys, they're suppose to be like that.

[PresleyStJames]

Tommy Lee Jones as Chip was a grand choice! The ONLY person that could've pulled it off just as good, if not better, would've been R.Lee Ermy.

[KnightsaysNi]

I love how after Chip breaks his gun, Kip just stares at it like "WTF?" XD

[TY-PO]

I swear, Chip Hazard has to be the inspiration for Colonel Quaritch from Avatar.

[BigBernie_OG]

This movie practically made me a filmmaker when I was a kid. Love these small soldiers! every time when I was bored I would close my eyes and create a battlefield and different scenarios to put them in it! I just opened my video game creator studio and it's inspired me a lot for the game dev

[rixille]

Haha "Standard issue is insufficient".

What a good movie, I remember this.

[misfit_usmc]

Loved how they got Jim brown, clint walker, George Kennedy and Ernest Bourgnie from the Dirty Dozen as voices

[markdodson]

0:07 the way the guitar wails and Chip Hazard punches through the plastic packaging is still a shining moment for me.

[Hafris]

I like how when Nick Nitro introduced himself and then Major Chip was like "Serve with your father, his a good man." 😂 How does toys give birth!? Haha

[LPMAN]

RIP Ernest Borgnine (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012), aged 95
RIP George Kennedy (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016), aged 91
RIP Clint Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018), aged 90
RIP Jim Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023), aged 87
You will be remembered as legends.