It doesn't disappoint when it comes to blowing things up, discharging firearms, and giving Solo an opportunity to dish out payback to his brutal squadron of superior officers.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 24, 2020

An altogether nonsensical bit of action/sci-fi garbage that marries a dreadful script with hilariously chintzy action.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | May 27, 2018

He's The Terminator's distant cousin. He's Solo, and he's jerrybuilt from parts of so many other movies that it's hard to recognize a single original element in this android-warrior saga with Mario Van Peebles in the thankless title role.

| Aug 2, 2014

The action is neither big nor imaginatively filmed enough to satisfy fans of the genre, though Van Peebles seems to be enjoying his crack at sad-eyed, Chaplinesque pathos.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 27, 2014

These escapist showdown movies are only as good as their villains and heroes. The heavies here are more of those ubiquitous gung-ho military types who are due to be dishonorably discharged from further cinematic duty.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 28, 2013

There are too many moments of unintentional comedy caused by the ropey macho dialogue and the hammy performances of bad guys William Sadler and Barry Corbin.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 28, 2013

Here's a surprise tucked into the languishing days of summer movies. Arriving with hardly any attention is a satisfying, even fun, action picture about a futuristic soldier named Solo.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 28, 2013

Since the hero and the villains are equally mechanical, the big, loud battles are as exciting and suspenseful as watching people play Mortal Kombat for 90 minutes.

| May 28, 2013

Solo is at least instructive as a miscellany of action movie cliches in one neat and depressing package.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 28, 2013

Solo contains the usual shoot-'em-ups, an undistinguished performance from Van Peebles, plus lots of crummy dialogue.

| May 28, 2013

Mindless entertainment for the end of the summer, with emphasis on the mindless.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 28, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Jan 14, 2007

The best one can say for Norberto Barba is that he directs a slick piece of goods. But no amount of fast cutting or tempo can disguise the material's simplistic, thoughtless nature.

Full Review | Aug 5, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 29, 2005

It simply plods along to it's inevitable, uninvolving and pretty uninteresting end.

| Original Score: D+ | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 25, 2004

Silly action yarn furthering the demise of van Peebles.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 11, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 20, 2003

It's not a great film, but it is a little above average.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 30, 2002