Small Soldiers

(Universal)

Joe Dante creates a kind of Toy-Story-goes-berserk strung to the plot elements of Gremlins, where two teenagers (a pre-pubescent Gregory Smith and a maturing Kirsten Dunst) must stop a renegade horde of mutant invaders before their secluded slice of suburbia is overrun. The Commando Elite figure is a GI Joe pumped up on testosterone and equipped with a nuclear-powered computer chip; when a pre-release batch of these action figures lands in Smith's lap, the Commando Elite set out to destroy their enemies, which leads to a climactic Precinct 13-style siege of Smith's abode. This marks the last film in the career of comedian/actor Phil Hartman.