Small Soldiers involves toys that come to life, of course, this directly reminds you of Toy Story, but Small Soldiers is a much more brutal movie. It takes a short while to set up the plot, in which a new line of action figures have been developed, with a military chip embedded such that the figures become sentient and able to learn. The movie takes place on a neighbourhood and is confined to the main characters' houses, but effectively, there are two factions of the figures. One faction is actual human soldiers and they want to kill the other faction, which are your traditional monsters named Gorgonites. It's actually quite unique and the plot works out well. The climax of the film has an all out battle between the figures and humans, and to even the playing field, the action figures have rigged up some custom weapons, such as a rapid firing nail gun, and flaming tennis balls. The special effects were fantastic for its time, and overall, Small Soldiers is a neat movie.
