His new girlfriend is Christy ( Kirsten Dunst), who gets a shock when she sees Barbie-type dolls being fitted with X-1000 chips so that they can join the battle, too. One of the inside jokes is that many of their voices were supplied by veterans of “ The Dirty Dozen,” while the Gorgonites are voiced by actors from “This Is Spinal Tap.” The movie's human hero is Alan ( Gregory Smith), a kid who inadvertently sets off the toy wars. The Commando Elite have names like Chip Hazard and Butch Meathook. They include little guys who kind of grow on you, including Ocula, who is basically an eyeball with three limbs.

(Industrial Light and Magic supplied some of them, and the figures were designed by Stan Winston.) The Gorgonites are led by a pensive, thoughtful Yoda figure named Archer (voice of Frank Langella). They are truly evil, and they throw off the movie's moral balance.Ī lot of the other stuff in the movie is funny and entertaining, and, to be fair, all of the special effects are top drawer, seamlessly combining live action, models and animation. The problem is with the commandos, who are humorless martinets who strut through the movie looking like mercenaries and making threats like pro wrestlers.

The toy characters are divided into two camps, the peaceful and zany Gorgonites and the professional killers of the Commando Elite. When these toys get into the marketplace, it's war.

His designers take him at his word, and develop lines of toys using the company's X-1000 computer chip, which is also the brains of smart bombs and other military technology. A toy company is purchased by a defense manufacturer, and the tough-skinned new owner ( Denis Leary) orders his people to make “Toys that actually do what they do in the commercials.” Toys with batteries that don't run down, and with minds of their own.

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