Toy Soldiers (film)

Toy Soldiers is a movie released in 1991, starring Louis Gossett Jr., Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, and Keith Coogan. The story begins with Luis Cali, the son of a Colombian drug lord, attempting to bargain for the release of his father who is in prison. Cali's negotiations are too late and his father is transferred to the United States.

Cali and his men take students and teachers hostage at the Regis School, also known as "The Reject School", thinking that taking the son of a federal judge hostage would be a good plan for getting Cali's father released. However, the student has already been taken away by federal marshals. Cali and his men continue to negotiate with the Americans while the students work on a brave plan for rescuing the hostages before the school is blown up.

R. Lee Ermey plays a minor role as an Army general.

Not to be confused with the Xbox Live Arcade game of the same name made Signal Studios.

This movie contains examples of the following tropes:

 * Air Vent Passageway: Used by Billy Tepen (Sean Astin) to get from a bathroom to an office.
 * Chekhov's Gun: The remote controlled airplane, with the control chip.
 * Contrived Coincidence: The remote controlled airplane's control chip evidently shares a common feature with
 * Retroactive Recognition: This film starred Sean Astin years before he would help Frodo Baggins take the One Ring to Mordor.
 * Surprise Vehicle: Two terrorists don't see or hear an attack helicopter that is only a few feet away. They see it and hear it only when it rises to the same height as they are.