Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Dolph Lundgren,
Ally Walker,
Ed O'Ross,
Jerry Orbach
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Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren play archenemies from beyond the grave in this action film. During the Vietnam War, Luc (Van Damme), hoping to be sent home, comes upon blood-crazy Scott (Lund... read more
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Release Date: July 10, 1992
DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001
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February 26, 2012Not critically very good however the story was interesting and it was just something easy and fun to watch. Van Damme and Lundgren were good in the roles (although not great) but it's just a good watch if you want something easy.
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October 22, 2011Totally over the top violence and a very over used robot/cyborg plot line, but this is still a good action flick, possibly Lundgrens best as well. The final showdown between Van Damme and Lundgren is very cool, very tense with Lundgren being pretty scary in his 'pyscho zone', the... read more
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August 2, 2011Hilarious movie. You can't go wrong with Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as robots, laughable and absurd in the vein of Commando. Hollywood typically generates hit movies when they put bad actors into robot roles, that's dat robot power.
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November 3, 2010This movie is more fun than a barrel of bodybuilders. If you can get past the silliness of the US military apparently stealing the workd of Mr. Freeze and making cryogenically-powered supermen out of decades-dead soldiers, this movie is great fun. The action scenes are well-shot,... read more
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May 25, 2010It is an incredibly unique and outlandish plot that almost anyone can get into and enjoy. While it's not perfect or exactly good on a serious level, it is about as enjoyable and fun as movies get. The double team of Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme really sells the movie ... read more
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January 10, 2010The ultimate action showdown between two classic action heroes. It packs more serious punch than The Terminator. A riveting, exhilarating and spectacular action-packed thriller. A great amount of hard-boiled thrills and pulse-pounding excitement from start to finish. An original ... read more
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September 29, 2009Ugh! Men with tits fighting each other is not my idea of good entertainment!
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September 10, 2009In "Universal Soldier," Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a man who was supposedly killed in a war and is revived as a cyborg who is ordered around by the people who made him. Even though he's now mostly a robot, Van Damme keeps seeing flashes of things that happened in the past. Th... read more
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Critic Reviews
November 3, 2008
Brian Lowry, Variety
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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. Full Review
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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.
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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 ess... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The action and the campiness barrel along in entertaining counterpoint. You can laugh when you're not absorbed with truck chases. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Perhaps Van Damme and Lundgren trade blows more easily than lines, but the whole affair is enjoyable in a mindless way. Full Review
November 3, 2008
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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. Full Review
November 3, 2008
Film4
It may be little more than an expensive arcade game for overgrown kids, but it moves too fast for critical flak to stick. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Mostly this is an amalgam of ideas, images and whole scenes lifted from other movies. Full Review
June 11, 2003
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
Roland Emmerich's best film, and Lundgren's best acting job. Admittedly that ain't saying much in either case, but a fun flick all in all.
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