History Film / TheSoldier

* GunsOfFiction/MachinePistols: Ingram MAC-10 submachine guns are the preferred weapons for the Soldier's unit.

* [[GunsOfFiction/SubmachineGuns Cool Guns]]: Ingram MAC-10 submachine guns are the preferred weapons for the Soldier's unit.

* CoolGuns: Ingram MAC-10 submachine guns are the preferred weapons for the Soldier's unit.

* CoolGuns: Ingram MAC-10 submachine guns are the WeaponOfChoice for the Soldier's unit.

''The Soldier'' is a 1982 Cold War action film/spy thriller, starring Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson, Creator/KlausKinski, and Creator/JoaquimDeAlmeida and directed by James Glickenhaus. Music/TangerineDream provided the score.

* DefiniteArticleTitle: As with [[Film/TheExterminator other movies]] by James Glickenhaus.

* TakeAThirdOption: Not liking the choice of the U.S. using military force to make the Israelis remove settlements from the West Bank, or seeing half of the world's oil supply destroyed, The Soldier decides on a third option: his team takes over a missile silo in Smith Center, Kansas, with Independent Laqunch Control, then inform the KGB agents who put the nuke in the oil field either to remove their bomb, or if it goes off, his team will nuke Moscow.

''The Soldier'' is a 1982 Cold War action film/spy thriller, starring Ken Wahl, Creator/KlausKinski, Alberta Watson, and Creator/JoaquimDeAlmeida and directed by James Glickenhaus. Music/TangerineDream provided the score.

''The Soldier'' is a 1982 Cold War action film/spy thriller, starring Ken Wahl and Creator/JoaquimDeAlmeida and directed by James Glickenhaus. Music/TangerineDream provided the score.

* TheTheTitle: As with [[Film/TheExterminator other movies]] by James Glickenhaus.

''The Soldier'' is a 1982 Cold War action film/spy thriller, starring Ken Wahl and directed by James Glickenhaus. Music/TangerineDream provided the score.

** The TitleSequence quickly establishes the ColdWar battleground of the film.

* HiddenSupplies: The USAF car has been sitting in a locked Kansas farm shed for god knows how long. When the Soldier's Force turn up to take it (they have the key to the padlock in their briefcase), the old lady who owns the farm [[IWasNeverHere quickly hurries her curious son away]].

* ShootingGallery: A ScaryBlackMan rushes through a crowd waving a gun, then turns to aim at the audience--[[NotSoDire only for the scene to freeze]] as a red dot appears on his chest. Turns out the title character is testing his skills at a video-based shooting gallery. He then dials up the DifficultyLevels for a ShootTheHostageTaker scenario.

* ReversePsychology: When the Soldier reveals that his men have a nuclear missile targeted on Moscow, the KGB boss naturally says he's full of it. The Soldier's only response is, "Maybe". The KGB boss decides not to call his bluff.

* BringIt: When the Soldier reveals that his men have a nuclear missile targeted on Moscow, the KGB boss naturally says he's full of it. The Soldier's only response is, "Maybe". The KGB boss decides not to call his bluff.

* TheNameless: The Soldier's true name, and those of his Force, is never revealed.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: That TranquilizerDart gun is actually a BB 'machine gun', the LARC International M19-A.

* CrazyPrepared: Literally! In the last days of his administration, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon activated the US nuclear forces. The CIA feared he'd [[PresidentEvil gone insane]], and decided to have a contingency plan so they could gain access to America's nuclear arsenal if needed. The Soldier makes use of this plan for his own ends.

* NotSoDire: A ScaryBlackMan rushes through a crowd waving a gun, then turns to aim at the audience--only for the scene to freeze as a red dot appears on his chest. Turns out the Soldier is testing his skills at a video ShootingGallery. He then dials up the DifficultyLevels for a ShootTheHostageTaker scenario.

* ShootingGallery: A ScaryBlackMan rushes through a crowd waving a gun, then turns to aim at the audience—only for the scene to freeze as a red dot appears on his chest. Turns out the title character is testing his skills at a video-based shooting gallery. He then dials up the DifficultyLevels for a ShootTheHostageTaker scenario.

* NotSoDire: A ScaryBlackMan rushes through a crowd waving a gun, then turns to aim at the audience--only for the scene to freeze as a red dot appears on his chest. Turns out the Soldier is testing his skills at a video ShootingGallery.