The Soldier is a curious beast. This independently financed action film from the early eighties draws on Cold War themes and features sub Bond exploits, endeavouring to punch above its weight.  It also had one of those trailers that really over sold the film. You know the kind. One that showed all the best action sequences and implied that there was a lot more content of that kind in the movie . The marketing also made a big deal about Klaus Kinski's, blink and you'll miss him, cameo. I remember the promotion of the film in my local video store during my teenage years. Specifically the high expectations I had (the director's previous movies was The Exterminator) and how the film never quite lived up to them. I wanted to like it so much but even back then it was clear that the movie was lacking.