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Guns, Genes & Fighting Machines: The Making of 'Universal Soldier' (V) More at IMDbPro »

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Excellent Making Of Documentary, That's Extremely Interesting And Very Well Done I Loved It!, 2 October 2005

Author: callanvass

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This is an excellent making of Documentary, that's extremely interesting and very well done, i loved it!. I tend to enjoy Documentaries a lot and being a huge fan of Universial Solider i was looking forward to this one, i wasn't disappointed, as it's very insightful and engrossing, Dolph's and Van Damme's comments were especially good!. I also enjoyed Roland Emmerich's comments a lot as he told some very funny stories on Van Damme and Lundgren on the set!, and they all seemed to really enjoy working on this film!, and as a result i had fun listening to them talk about this wonderful film!.They were all really polite, and nice, and i was really happy that Dolph and Van Damme got along on the set really well, and are close friends, as i LOVE both (espeically Van Damme), plus it looked like it was difficult to make as well!. This is an excellent making of documentary that's extremely interesting and very well done i loved it!, and if you happen to have the new special edition of Universial Soldier you must see this excellent Documentary!. ****1/2 out of 5

Covers it all, 4 September 2009

Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

This is one of the two featurettes on the 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of Universal Soldier, obviously dealing with the making of that film. It consists of interviews with cast and crew, behind-the-scenes footage and clips of the movie. They go into special effects, action, stunts(like the dam sequence), humor, and of course, that Damme butt. We also find out about the rivalry between, well, who of the UniSols had the bigger... muscles. You get genuine insight into how certain things in this came about, such as the short lines of Jean-Claude, who also has some funny comments. Devlin and Emmerich are two of the best and most interesting and hilarious to watch(though Lundgren comes really close), but everyone has got something to say. There are spoilers in this, so you should hold off on it until you've seen the flick itself. It's all quite well-edited, sharp and this doesn't linger excessively on anything. The pacing is pretty good. This is nicely entertaining and informative throughout, and no fan of the subject of this documentary should miss it. I recommend this to anyone who belongs in that group, and anyone who wants to know more about the process. 7/10

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