This film essentially begins in Philadelphia with a terrorist assassination attempt by Soviet operatives which is foiled by an elite squad of CIA agents. The scene then shifts to New York where several other clandestine KGB agents ambush a convoy carrying weapons grade plutonium and subsequently plant the canister at an oil field in Saudi Arabia where they announce to the world that they will detonate their nuclear device unless Israel removes its forces from the West Bank. Realizing that this bomb could seriously impact the world's oil supply the United States makes plans for military action against Israel should they refuse the terrorist's demands. At the same time, however, they also activate the same elite squad mentioned earlier which is headed by one particularly tough CIA agent known simply as "the Soldier" (Ken Wahl). However, the KGB has anticipated this and taken several measures to eliminate him by whatever means necessary. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say this wasn't a very good espionage movies as it had several noticeable flaws including an extremely unrealistic plot coupled with and an exceedingly poor performance by Ken Wahl. Admittedly, the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream was quite good but even so it wasn't enough to fully overcome the faults just mentioned and I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly below average.
Review of The Soldier
