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Universal Soldier: The Return

Universal Soldier: The Return

1999
Sci-fi, Adventure
1h 23m
Luc Devereaux, the only surviving member of the original Universal Soldier Team. He now works with Dylan Cotner, on a project to create and improve a new Universal Soldier. Their plan is for the Universal soldier or UNISOLS to be controlled by a computer they call SETH. When the government decides to terminate the project, which includes shutting down SETH. SETH, not wanting this to happen, takes steps to prevent this. He first kills Dylan. He then has himself transfered into a body... (imdb)

Directed by:

Mic Rodgers

Screenwriter:

Christopher Leitch, Richard Rothstein

Starring:

Xander Berkeley, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Justin Lazard, Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Karis Bryant, Kiana Tom, Michael Jai White

Franchise:

Universal Soldier

Genres:

Sci-fi, Adventure

AKA:

Universal Soldier 2

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Universal Soldier: The Return

1999
Sci-fi, Adventure
1h 23m
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barthalenBarthalen
Rated 22 Apr 2014
20
10th
Dream journal, entry 423. Last night I dreamt HAL 9000 was in some dumb lab and shot lightning at The Man from the excellent miniseries The Booth At The End. Then HAL turned into Black Dynamite and he fought with JCVD who hacked his daughter back to health. After writing this down I now realise it was literally the plot of the crappy movie I watched the night before and I forgot as soon as the credits rolled. Woops.
Rated 22 Apr 2014
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 17 Aug 2021
45
6th
Where the first was a poor attempt at a blockbuster, this first official sequel is pure 90s schlock, including all the worst element of 90s shlock but also with its entertainment value.
Rated 17 Aug 2021
lawlaw
Rated 07 Aug 2021
25
8th
All-around much worse than the original in every respect. Some silly opening action is the only thing that elevates this above the TV movie entries (II and III).
Rated 07 Aug 2021
mohkoMohko
Rated 28 Oct 2013
60
45th
I just loved how this movie throws it's predecessors into the garbage and makes it's own rules. Van Damme plays even the serious scenes with a smirk and Michael Jai White actually kicks ass. Excellent b-movie.
Rated 28 Oct 2013
kavuKavu
Rated 27 Oct 2013
45
21st
Upping the production values from the TV movies brought the series down a bit, but it's still quite a lot of fun at its best. Also the action scenes with Michael Jai White are awesome.
Rated 27 Oct 2013
bullyfanaticBullyFanatic
Rated 09 Jul 2009
55
6th
This is a guilty pleasure. It's not particularly good, but it's a fun film.
Rated 09 Jul 2009
yilbyilb
Rated 30 Mar 2008
20
7th
Why would Jean-Claude, who has actually made some decent action movies with clever lines take on this complete dog? No it doesn't make sense, and worse the writing is deplorable. On the bright side, a decent body count, some fair hand to hand, a bucket load of explosives, & four guys on fire with a blasting heavy metal soundtrack! Wish half the lines had been cut.
Rated 30 Mar 2008
doctor7doctor7
Rated 02 Apr 2007
19
10th
One choice line in an otherwise astounding bad action movie.
Rated 02 Apr 2007
brrrpbrrrp
Rated 19 Feb 2024
10
1st
I started watching this series, since I'd seen the first one when I was young. Then I watched this, noting that it was significantly more banal and uninspired than even the first one, then I come to rate it and found apparently I've seen this too. It came back in a haze, and now I feel like I could have just skipped ahead. Disappointing.
Rated 19 Feb 2024
julesfmbjulesfmb
Rated 13 Mar 2023
43
6th
The director clearly didn't know what he was doing, and the editor tries to save things the best way it can. The result is an entertaining mess full of comedy. Yes, comedy, because the way many of the scenes are constructed is clearly, deliberatly trying to be a comic act. For goodness sake: The main villain is like Arnold as the Terminator acting as Hercules from New York. He gets shot, smashed, pushed, burned... and comes back like a cartoon character.
Rated 13 Mar 2023
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 06 Feb 2022
38
3rd
What should have been an awesome revival in a series whose previous two installments were essentially non-cannon repurposed mini-series episodes, but I shudder to think that the second or third ones could hold a candle to just how horrifically stanky this shit show was. It blows my mind that this one even had a theatrical release, I can only imagine it was hard to supply theaters with copies without them immediately bursting into flames and descending to hell.
Rated 06 Feb 2022
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 23 Aug 2019
53
23rd
Something is a little off with this sequel, I think Van Damme isn't wooden enough, he's playing it much too human. The story is rather silly, which I can let slide in this type of film. There is at least some decent action scenes to make it viewable.
Rated 23 Aug 2019
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 19 Jan 2019
9
2nd
A poor following to a mostly entertaining B movie original. It's wooden and boring and dumb.
Rated 19 Jan 2019
rottentRottenT
Rated 19 Mar 2018
5
3rd
Universal Soldier - The Return fails on almost every level, from its generic story to its second rate action and subpar performances.
Rated 19 Mar 2018
dawolfeyDaWolfey
Rated 13 Mar 2016
17
21st
The director of the film seems to have a bit of a bra and cleavage fetish. At the beginning, during what turns out to be a training exercise (the audience doesn't know it yet), the soldiers capture a woman and rip off her shirt, with intent to rape her. But then we learn it's an exercise - isn't that a bit far for an exercise? They were actually going to rape her? And given that the soldiers are controlled by an AI, does that mean the AI was going a bit Demon Seed?
Rated 13 Mar 2016
hakkanarejohakkanarejo
Rated 29 Aug 2015
95
63rd
Jean-Claude Van Damme returns as cybernetic warrior Luc Deveraux in this sequel to the 1992 action hit. After barely surviving his experiences as apart-human/part-robot Universal Soldier, Luc has opted to stay out of the front lines and work with a military project to refine and perfect the system. However, something goes wrong, and S.E.T.H. (Michael Jai White), the android supercomputer leading the new breed of soldiers, suddenly develops a murderous mind of his own. Luc only can stop them.
Rated 29 Aug 2015
synthonosynthono
Rated 12 Nov 2014
40
3rd
So, bad acting, simple sets, weird seemingly random deployment of extremely '90s heavy metal, a subplot about hacking... did they accidentally release the FMV from a Playstation game into theaters?
Rated 12 Nov 2014
tarwebroodtarwebrood
Rated 14 Aug 2013
10
1st
14-8-2013, plain empty
Rated 14 Aug 2013
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 03 Feb 2013
15
2nd
Complete rubbish. The hacker character, Goldberg's acting, the news chick, complete lack of Kiana Tom in exercise gear, no JCVD splits-punch, the music. Ugh, just rubbish. Needs more Dolph Lundgren!
Rated 03 Feb 2013
wickediconWickedIcon
Rated 20 Dec 2012
0
2nd
Ughhhhhh
Rated 20 Dec 2012
mrandersen10mrandersen10
Rated 28 Oct 2012
25
2nd
It has that cheap 90s TV show vibe like a Power Rangers episode.
Rated 28 Oct 2012
methad1methad1
Rated 16 Dec 2011
10
0th
Terrible film. Acting is very poor and there are so many scenes where I thought 'why the hell did the director do it like that?'. Van Damme - shame on you.
Rated 16 Dec 2011
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 01 Aug 2009
14
11th
Shitty sequel.
Rated 01 Aug 2009
nandorizzinandorizzi
Rated 08 May 2009
5
3rd
Lots of fights and bad actings. Terrible.
Rated 08 May 2009
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 07 Sep 2008
35
28th
bad movie
Rated 07 Sep 2008
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 16 Mar 2008
22
3rd
Pretty awful even for Van Damme.
Rated 16 Mar 2008
alidedealidede
Rated 27 Jan 2008
85
36th
good film
Rated 27 Jan 2008
andertonanderton
Rated 29 Dec 2007
40
26th
have you ever seen so many explosions in your life jesus. my psi was 6 which i find to be totally ridiculous because despite the fact that i could have written this movie, there are so many movies i would put behind it. that's why it's got the van damme stamp of approval. i made this a double feature with l'avventura.
Rated 29 Dec 2007
mikeparasolmikeparasol
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
3rd
Gets high marks for comedy, "I HATE THAT GUY".
Rated 14 Aug 2007

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