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Lacking the wit and vitality of any of the movies it rips off, 'Universal Soldier III' manages with very little effort to be just as abysmal as the previous entries in the series. The plot is of course complete and utter guff, padded out with numerous explosions and dialogue so bad you'll have to hit the rewind button to make sure you heard it right. The second-rate replacement cast – who'd ever think you could miss Van Damme? – is just as wooden as before; this is surely the lowest point in the career of Burt Reynolds, whose filmography seems mostly to be composed of low points. This does an even more thorough job than 'Cop and a Half' in stripping him of what little dignity he has left after a decade of did-it-for-the-money movies. It's a sadistically violent, exploitative, dumb, shallow slice of Z-grade garbage, and the ending is so laughable it defies belief.
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