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12/30/02
Universal Soldier (1992)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:5
Rotten:17
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Thanks to the wonders of genetic engineering, a group of soldiers killed during the Vietnam War are resurrected by the Defense Department 23 years later and turned into a team of indestructible,... [More]
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Reviews for Universal Soldier
Universal Soldier may flex its muscles at every opportunity, but it's still second-rate Schwarzenegger.
01/01/00
It may be little more than an expensive arcade game for overgrown kids, but it moves too fast for critical flak to stick.
11/03/08
I suppose there is a market for this sort of thing among bubblebrained adolescents of all ages, but it takes a good chase scene indeed to rouse me from the lethargy induced by dozens and dozens of essentially similar sequences.
01/01/00
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06/26/05
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11/20/03
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07/25/02
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06/19/05
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07/27/02
In the end, the main drawback is the brainlessness of the story and the lack of a believable emotional payoff.
03/23/03
Mr. Lundgren, who glowers his way all too convincingly through the role of a rabid bully, may well be the only man in the universe who can make Mr. Van Damme look like an actor.
05/20/03
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04/04/06
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06/14/04
Carolco seems to cut these guys out with cookie cutters. They seem to be martial artists with foreign accents, and the way some people habitually smoke after sex, they pun after killing people.
01/01/00
Though the idea is dumb enough to be fun, director Roland Emmerich does the Terminator thing without much style, and the two stars bash into each other but never connect.
05/12/01
Top CriticEven with this early movie, [Emmerich] had a propensity for stealing clichés from other movies...
01/01/00
Mostly this is an amalgam of ideas, images and whole scenes lifted from other movies.
06/24/06
With no real plot tying them together, the impressively staged big scenes become empty exercises in logistics, while the smaller scenes never develop any momentum.
11/03/08
Leaves behind almost as many derisive laughs as dead bodies.
11/03/08
Top CriticLatest News for Universal Soldier
November 24, 2009:
Trailer Bulletin: Universal Soldier: Regeneration 
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are back together, and you can get an early look at the action in the just-released trailer for next year's direct-to-video "Universal... More...
April 23, 2009:
First Look at Universal Soldier 3
Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme are back in action in "Universal Soldier 3" -- and as proof, here's a still from the sequel. More...
November 06, 2008:
Van Damme Talks New Universal Soldier
He'll only be on the set for 10 days -- and there's no Dolph Lundgren -- but Jean-Claude Van Damme has confirmed to MTV that a new "Universal Soldier" sequel is on its way, and... More...
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