Universal Soldier: The Return

1999 "Prepare to become obsolete."
4.2| 1h22m| R| en
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Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can stop it. All hell breaks loose as Luc battles SETH and a deadly team of perfect soldiers in a struggle that pits man against machine and good against evil.

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Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
Scott LeBrun Jean-Claude Van Damme returns as Luc Deveraux, the former Universal Soldier who now trains others of his kind. The military intends to shut down the Universal Soldier program, and all-powerful computer intelligence SETH gets wind of this somehow. It rebels against its creators, uniting all of the UniSols against the Army and waging all-out war. Luc is virtually the only one who can save the day. Meanwhile, SETH finds itself a handy human body (charismatic Michael Jai White, "Spawn") to use in moving around."Universal Soldier: The Return" is a movie that this viewer can respect even if he doesn't enjoy it all that much. It doesn't set out to do anything other than entertain the action movie audience, with a breakneck pace, tons of violence and explosions, and a high body count. It adopts a tongue in cheek attitude a fair amount of the time, which helps. (The scenes with wrestler Bill Goldberg, making his acting debut, are proof of this, with his repeated refrain, "I hate that guy.") Still, it's patently silly and preposterous stuff, the kind of thing that requires the turning off of the brain.Van Damme is a decent hero, and he's joined by a solid cast, including Xander Berkeley, Daniel von Bargen, Justin Lazard, James Black, and Brent Hinkley as a weirdo named "Squid". Heidi Schanz plays practically the same character that Ally Walker did in the first movie, a sexy and feisty reporter who insists on tagging along for much of the ride. Fitness guru Kiana Tom doesn't get a lot to do as one of Lucs' associates. Goldberg may indeed be a less than stellar actor, but makes up for that with ass kicking ability. White is a fine villain.This is energetic, over the top nonsense with a hard pounding heavy metal soundtrack. At least it's not boring.Six out of 10.
dlucy-16210 I like the movie because all the action that is going on. I just had to keep turning it down on some parts. I got the DVD. I can not stop watching it. It is so great that I can't even hardly explain. It is my all time favorite movie. I would always rate it a ten. I wish there is more movies like this one!! The special effects are great. It has the best actors in it to me. Even though I wasn't born in 99 I still like it. I caught it on TV and had to watch it for the millionth time. Can not get enough of Unverisal Solider: The Return!!! I tell people after I watch it the next day, then they watch it. It is so great that you can not get enough of it. I always have dreams about it after I watch it. I love every song in it! My favorite song from it is Chaos by Skold. I downloaded it on my phone, laptop, computer, and tablet. I love the actor who play Hillary Deveraux, Karis Paige Bryant. Spoiler Alert: S.E.T.H. discovers that the Universal Soldier program is scheduled to be shut down because of budget cuts, it takes action to protect itself. That is when everything goes haywire.
Sandcooler Universal soldiers technically aren't robots, but apart from that this movie is pretty much a really low-budget and low-talent version of "The Terminator". This sequel is so unbelievably unnecessary that even Van Damme himself seems to be wondering why he's in this thing. I've never seen him look so bored throughout a movie, he jumps away from gunfire and explosions with the intense face of someone waiting for the bus. This causes a shrill contrast with Billy Goldberg, who's just totally having a blast as the main villain. He's no Dolph Lundgren (who played the bad guy in the first one), but his acting here is probably as good as it's ever going to get. He's pretty much the only person is the cast who delivers his lines with any kind of zest, I'd say he's the best actor in this movie if that wasn't such an amazingly depressing thing to write. The action lacks visual flair, but it's pretty competently done and does keep you entertained for a while. It's not surprising first(and last)-time director Mic Rodgers is actually a stuntman, because that's what the movie essentially is: a bunch of stunts. The writers try to give the thing some depth with a family storyline and the worst comic relief character of all time but who cares, let's light more stuff on fire! I didn't hate this movie nearly as much as many others do, though I'm not particularly fond of it either.
WakenPayne OK I saw this movie to get a benchmark for bad but with this movie it's Unisol's best movie now plot Luc Devereux is now a technical expert who is working with the government with his partner Maggie, who's been through countless hours of training and combat with him, to refine and perfect the UniSol program in an effort to make a new, stronger breed of soldier that is more sophisticated, intelligent, and agile. All of the new Unisols, which are faster and stronger than their predecessors, are connected through an artificially intelligent computer system called SETH, a Self-Evolving Thought Helix. When SETH discovers that the Universal Soldier program is scheduled to be shut down because of budget cuts, he takes matters into his own "hands" to protect himself. Killing those who try to shut off his power, and unleashing his platoon of super-soldiers, led by the musclebound Romeo, SETH spares Deveraux, only because Deveraux has the secret code that is needed to deactivate a built-in program that will shut SETH down in a matter of hours. With the help of a hacker named Squid, SETH takes human form. Not only must Luc contend with ambitious reporter Erin, who won't leave his side, but Luc also must contend with General Radford, who wants to take extreme measures to stop SETH. SETH has also kidnapped Luc's injured 13-year-old daughter Hillary, and is now holding her hostage. Luc is the only person who can rescue Hillary, because Luc knows firsthand how a UniSol thinks, feels, and fights. now there are problems like in any movie like did anyone find it weird how a reporter just-so-happened to be there and The soldiers can take being flattened with a truck however when Vanne Damme shoots them with a gun with one bullet and they die and the final fight scene was unbelievable when Luc is now human and Seth is 5x stronger and faster than any other Unisol and Luc can take a hit from him. with the final fight when Luc smashes him to pieces I was really surprised that the pieces didn't melt and reform him (Terminator 2). another thing that bugs me is how the hell does Vanne Damme get good actors to play relatives I mean in the case of Vanne Damme it's completely off the grid of how Science Fiction this movie is. The Music Score now that must have a mention have you ever listened to a song where you'd rather cut a blackboard with a knife well Universal Soldier 2 is like that. The good points are there's no Dolph (HOORAY) and unlike the 1st one there is only one naked scene whereas in the 1st one there are many (I'm still haunted by the scenes in #1) also the actors in this have some talent whereas in the first one the casting guys were sadists (if you don't believe me look it up)