Universal Soldier: The Return

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Hagrid S Nov 10, 2018 Before "Independence Day" and before even "Stargate," Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin made an underrated Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi action film where he and Dolph Lundgren play soldiers killed in Vietnam who find themselves reanimated and turned into programmable cyborg super soldiers. That film was followed by two made-for-TV sequels and then by this film, making it the fourth film in the franchise, although this sequel ignores the events of those TV movies, instead picking up following the events of the first film. JCVD has removed his cybernetic implants, so he's a regular ol' human now and is doing consulting work for the military. The Universal Soldier program is still running and the soldiers are getting an upgrade by being run by a new supercomputer. However, when the supercomputer finds out the UniSol program is being shutdown, the computer goes all Wargames and uses the programable soldiers to protect itself. Since JCVD used to be one the the soldiers, he supposedly knows how they think, fight, and feel, enabling him to fight them off better than others. Oh, there's an even a dumber subplot involving his daughter being kidnapped. All around, this film is pretty dumb and uninteresting, despite a halfway decent cast, which besides JCVD includes professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, Michael Jai White, Xander Berkeley, Daniel von Bargen, and playmate Kiana Tom. However, Jean-Claude is an actor who I'm strangely entertained by, regardless of the quality of film he's appearing in (similar to my affinity for low-quality Steven Seagal films), so JCVD's high kicks made this fourth Universal Soldier film watchable despite its many faults. See more

George S Oct 23, 2018 The 2nd of 4 Universal Soldier movies. A great follow-up to the original with a less memorable foe this time around but with the Same Vane damme charm. See more

George S Apr 11, 2018 One of most Underrated films of all time, a lot better than Regeneration & Day Of Reckoning. Its Van Damme fighting Bill Goldberg & Michael Jai White in a fast paced 80 minute Action flick, when the UniSols take over & go into killer mode, it reminds me of the Borg in First Contact, Seth also reminds me of the Borg Queen, This feels like Aliens but with UniSols instead. Trust me, its Nowhere near as bad as what people make it out to be. See more

Abraham W Feb 3, 2017 Mindless, cliche action drivel.

Albus R Sep 10, 2009 Sub-par action and ridiculous plot.

Finn W Sep 6, 2007 A massive step down from the first.

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