![]() Stan Winston is no stranger to minute effects. But unlike the gigantic creatures of Spielberg's dino epics, the key word for Small Soldiers was, well, small. Like Jurassic Park and The Lost World, this DreamWorks SKG production melded state-of-the-art animatronic effects created by Stan Winston Studio and cutting-edge computer graphics courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic. ![]() The Gorgonites' main defensive tactic is keeping out of sight, so a desperate game of hide-and-seek plays out in Everytown, USA, wherein the small soldiers and their prey interact with humans, often to devastating effect. Their mission: to wipe out the seven monstrous Gorgonites, including Insaniac, a Tasmanian devil-like whirling dervish Slamfist, a lumbering, slightly dim Neanderthal with a boulder for a hand Ocula, a three-legged chicken with a long neck and one giant eyeball and their leader, Archer, a leonine hunter (voiced by Frank Langella). Weapons experts all, the Commandos are led by Major Chip Hazard (voiced by Tommy Lee Jones). Joe-sized Commando dolls, prototypes of the most advanced military action figures ever created, go on a mini-militaristic rampage in the heart of suburbia. In Small Soldiers, director Joe Dante's dark answer to Toy Story, six G.I. Thinking Small Mechanical and digital effects mesh to create Small Soldiers.
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