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Release Date:
10 July 1992 (USA)
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Tagline:
The ultimate weapons of the future have just declared war... on each other. more
Plot:
Luc and Scott were killed in Vietnam, but the army has a secret project for reanimating dead people as near-perfect soldiers. full summary | full synopsis
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Dolph Lundgren + Jean Claude Van Damme = Awesome
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jean-Claude Van Damme | ... | Luc Deveraux / GR44 | |
| Dolph Lundgren | ... | Andrew Scott / GR13 | |
| Ally Walker | ... | Veronica Roberts | |
| Ed O'Ross | ... | Colonel Perry | |
| Jerry Orbach | ... | Dr. Christopher Gregor | |
| Leon Rippy | ... | Woodward | |
| Tico Wells | ... | Garth | |
| Ralf Moeller | ... | GR76 (as Ralph Moeller) | |
| Robert Trebor | ... | Motel Owner | |
| Gene Davis | ... | Lieutenant | |
| Drew Snyder | ... | Charles | |
| Tommy 'Tiny' Lister | ... | GR55 | |
| Simon Rhee | ... | GR61 | |
| Eric Norris | ... | GR86 | |
| Michael Winther | ... | Technician |
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Crystal Knights (USA) (working title)
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103 min | Germany:84 min (TV version) (heavily cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Australia:MA (DVD rating) |
Germany:16 (heavily cut) |
Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:R |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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The UniSol's basic sidearm seen in throughout the film is a Magnum Research Inc. .357 Magnum Desert Eagle.
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Continuity: Luc's hair during the showdown with Scott.
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Featured in "Wetten, dass..?: Wetten, dass..? aus Bremerhaven (#1.76)" (1992)
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Body Count's In The House
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I remember first watching 'Universal Soldier' on TV when I was about 8 or 9 years old. After that, whenever I saw it it didn't have sound, or I was rather inebriated, or both, or had other circumstances prevent me from appreciating the awesomeness of Van Damme v. Lundgren, until it was on TV again recently, and I got to revel in the glory of 'Universal Soldier'.
Van Damme plays Luc Deveraux, a soldier serving in Vietnam, under the command of Sergeant Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren). Deveraux has an attack of conscience when Scott seems to lose his altogether. In fact, Scott seems to be somewhere between insane and plain evil. After Deveraux refuses - on Scott's orders - to kill innocent villagers, the two soldiers kill each other. Listed as Missing-in-Action, the bodies of the two soldiers are used in the Universal Soldier program, and the two are re-activated some time later as GR-44 (Van Damme) and GR-13 (Lundgren), supposedly with no memories of their past.
When reporter Veronica Roberts (Ally Walker) stumbles onto some things she shouldn't have seen (seriously, if you want to keep your project secret, you don't drive around in an armoured bus, leaving unlocked crates lying around outside), her cameraman is murdered by one of the UniSols. GR-44 has flashes of his past, and takes Veronica on the run, with the slightly (very?) unstable GR-13 in hot-pursuit.
Action abounds for the rest of the movie, and while there isn't anything truly special, it is way cool, or even Awesome. We have car chases, heavy vehicle chases, Van Damme beating people up, and Lundgren being one of the awesomest bad guys ever. What is there to complain about? Nothing, that's what. I must say that Dolph Lundgren is at his best playing villains, and I'd even argue that his role in 'Universal Soldier' has been some of his best work to date. Van Damme also gets to credit 'Univeral Soldier' as being one his best movies.
Plot-wise? Again, little - if no - originality, and a pretty thin plot. However, as I always say "Less plot = More action = Awesome", and everyone is happy, and if you don't agree, then you really should not be watching 'Universal Soldier'.
I love 'Universal Soldier'. It stands close to the pinnacle of action B-movies, a genre everybody loves! It is a shame that I can the official and un-official sequels on DVD, but I can't get the original in all its awesome glory on DVD here in Australia. 'Universal Soldier' is a must-see for action fans everywhere - 8/10