Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

The "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control.

Director:

Mic Rodgers

Writers:

Richard Rothstein (characters), Christopher Leitch (characters)

Stars:

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Luc
Michael Jai White	...	SETH
Heidi Schanz	...	Erin
Xander Berkeley	...	Dylan Cotner
Justin Lazard	...	Capt. Blackburn
Kiana Tom	...	Maggie
Daniel von Bargen	...	General Radford
James Black	...	Sergeant Morrow
Karis Paige Bryant	...	Hillary
Bill Goldberg	...	Romeo
Brent Anderson	...	2nd Technician
Brent Hinkley	...	Squid
Woody Watson	...	RL Gate Guard
Jacqueline Klein	...	Betty Wilson
Maria Arita	...	Kitty Anderson

Storyline

Luc Devereaux, the only surviving member of the original Universal Soldier Team. He now works with Dylan Cotner, on a project to create and improve a new Universal Soldier. Their plan is for the Universal soldier or UNISOLS to be controlled by a computer they call SETH. When the government decides to terminate the project, which includes shutting down SETH. SETH, not wanting this to happen, takes steps to prevent this. He first kills Dylan. He then has himself transfered into a body. He then seeks out Luc Devereaux, who is the only person who knows the code that will stop his program from being deleted. So he sends out all the UNISOLS to get him. Luc must try and stay away until SETH program is deleted. But SETH has targeted his daughter as possible leverage.

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Plot Keywords:

time bomb | computer | combat | general | reporter | 

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Taglines:

Prepare to become obsolete

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for nonstop strong violence, and for language and nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Was released theatrically despite the previous sequels having been made-for-television - a rarity for sequels. Many film series have gotten out of direct-to-video, or made-for-television, through remakes, but few series get out of made-for-television status otherwise.

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Goofs

(at around 48 mins) When the soldiers are setting up the bomb in the generator room. You can clearly see that the bomb is a C-4 bomb. Later, one of the soldiers accidentally shoots the bomb and it explodes. C-4 does not explode when shot. C-4 only explodes when the detonator is triggered.

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Quotes

S.E.T.H.: When I was a machine, I yearned to be a man. Now I'm better than both. The created has become the creator.

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Alternate Versions

The norwegian video-version is rated 15 and is uncut.

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Connections

Followed by Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

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Soundtracks

I Don't Want To Be Alone Anymore
Written by Ray Benson
Performed by Ray Benson and Lisa Tingle
Courtesy of Bismeaux Records

User Reviews

Late night TV movie

There are really only 3 reasons to watch this: Michael Jai White has some quality screen time; Kiana Tom is quite gorgeous except for her dismal second incarnation, and this film has the most hilariously gratuitous T & A sequence since Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder hid out in the poledancing club in Stir Crazy.

Actually I quite like Van Damme - he makes martial arts look attainable. You can go to your classes and think "I'll never be as good as Jet Li, the guy's superhuman. But I might just get as good as Van Damme someday."

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Universal Soldier IV

Filming Locations:

3458 Old Buena Vista Rd, Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,605,167, 22 August 1999

Gross USA:

$10,667,893

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,667,893

Company Credits

Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, Baumgarten-Prophet Entertainment, IndieProd Company Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1