Now I won't lie, this definitely is a silly movie but it is still quite a fun watch if you ask me. From a certain point of view it can be seen as a clever movie too. I don't know for sure if it was intentional but I really love the way the movie's self aware satirical humor pokes fun at the fact that war has been merchandised and aimed at children tons of times throughout history. The movie even says "Don't call it violence, call it action; kids love action, it sells!". Even the movie's marketing gives all its attention to the antagonist soldier toys instead of the Gorgonites. It all really got me thinking about how terrible the idea of glorifying war to children is, how societies have tried to militarize the minds people from a young age. The absurdity of the movie's action also got me wondering if this was a way of saying that war violence is ridiculous.

Unfortunately thanks to sponsors' meddling the mood of the movie can feel like it's all over the place. While it was always intended to be a crazy gritty teen movie the director ended up being forced to make the movie more kid-friendly, they even told the director this way too late and a lot of child unfriendly nightmare fuel was left in the movie. But despite that I find it to be a very fun "turn your brain off and enjoy" kind of movie.

I also want to say that for a late 90s movie, the CGI in it didn't age that bad in my opinion.