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Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Toy Soldiers (1991)

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Shat on Entertainment

Film Reviews, 80s, Shermerhighschool, Sixteencandles, Movies, Tv & Film, Weirdscience, Breakfastclub, Vcr, Johnhughes, Vhs, 90s, Classicmovies

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week on Shat the Movies, we’re taking hostages with Toy Soldiers (1991), where teen rebels face off against terrorists in a prep school under siege. Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, and Louis Gossett Jr. bring the heat in this action-packed mix of Die Hard, The Goonies, and teenage rebellion. Gene and Big D break down the implausible plot, glorious explosions, and whether this 90s cult classic still makes the grade. Is it a hidden gem, or just juvenile fantasy with pipe bombs? Tune in and find out!

Plot Summary:
Colombian terrorist Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff) takes an American prep school hostage as a means of gaining his drug lord father’s freedom. Privileged yet rebellious students Joey (Wil Wheaton), Billy (Sean Astin), Snuffy (Keith Coogan) and Hank (T.E. Russell) find that they are better equipped to deal with the threat than the mostly ineffectual government agencies sent to rescue them. With resourceful Billy as their leader, the students struggle to defeat the terrorists and save the school. Commissioned by Eric C.

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Also, saw the newkin naked gun, took my mom to the movies better than the original.

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Wow.

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Write to us, hosts at chatpod.com. Tell me I'm wrong.

0:11.1

Remember when we first met John McLean?

0:14.1

Our God picked him up from the plane and took him down the Nakitomi Tower at the Christmas

0:20.4

party.

0:21.5

And the terrorists were overzealous, but it was sweet when they killed Ellis.

0:27.1

And with a little help from Allen, John McClake, he died.

0:31.5

Welcome back to Shat the Movies, the podcast where we answer the question were the movies we loved when we were growing up really that good.

0:38.1

Have ever caught yourself thinking, why don't they make movies like they used to?

0:41.4

Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental

0:44.3

blockbuster video? Do you know what blockbuster video is? If you answered yes, then this is the podcast

0:49.3

for you. I am one of your hosts, Gene Lyons, and alongside me as my co-host, Big D, Dick Ebert. Fuego! And each week, we take a look back in time and decide if our favorite films still hold up. The movies we cover are chosen by you, the listeners, who generously commissioned the films you love. If you like to see all the movies we have covered, we'll cover one, to choose one for yourself. Please visit chatpod.com and have a look.

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Find all that information. podcast, chat on TV, or review TV series such as Westworld, Taboo, American Gods, Game

1:28.2

of Thrones, True Detective, Lovecraft Country, and Watchmen.

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1:41.0

channel where you play video games, host watch parties, and edit this podcast live. And for those of you getting Battlefield 6, yes, of course I'll be playing that. And for those of you who have Battlefield 1, I'm there warming up right now. So right after this recording, in fact, be jumping on the Battlefield 1 with a couple different shatters. So if you haven't joined our Discord, do that. You can go to chatpod.com and join the Discord.

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We will be playing a lot of video games this summer. So get on it. All that being said, Big D, what movie are reviewing tonight? So, Gene, before we get to the movie, I'm going to do something I know you absolutely love. You love when I spring new ideas on you. Of course. So I, you know, a lot of times when we do these movies now that are becoming more obscure, our listeners and audiences, you know, now,

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