Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)

The Universal Soldiers are used to smuggle diamonds for a CIA Director, but Luc Deveraux continues to cause him problems.

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writer:

Peter M. Lenkov

Stars:

Matt Battaglia, Andrew Jackson, Eric Bryson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Battaglia	...	Luc Devreaux / GR44
Andrew Jackson	...	Sgt. Andrew Scott / GR13
Eric Bryson	...	Peterson / GR80
Kevin Rushton	...	Martinez / GR81 (as Kevin Ruston)
Desmond Campbell	...	Cooper / GR82 (as Desmond Campell)
Michael Copeman	...	Lt. Col. Jack Cameron
Gary Busey	...	Otto Mazur
Burt Reynolds	...	Mentor
Richard McMillan	...	Dr. Walker
Chandra West	...	Veronica
Aron Tager	...	John Devreaux
Barbara Gordon	...	Danielle Devreaux
Carla Collins	...	Anchorwoman
James Kee	...	Jasper
Frank McAnulty	...	Purser

Storyline

After the terrible events of the original Universal Soldier testings, the budget has been slashed by the government. Under the orders of a CIA director, a gang of mercenaries take control of the new line of Universal Soldiers and try to use them into helping to smuggle diamonds to the highest foreign buyer. When Luc Deveroux, survivor from the first incident, continues to cause problems he newly found younger brother is taken prisoner along with his news reporter friend Veronica Reynolds.

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Plot Keywords:

cringe | m 16 | gun battle | ak 47 | kickboxing | 

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Taglines:

No memory. No emotion. No mercy... Until one of them decides to become human again.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Produced with its sequel Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998) for Showtime/The Movie Channel as a miniseries meant as a backdoor pilot for a TV series.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Universal Soldier: The Return (2012)

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Soundtracks

Goodbye Monday
Written by Dan Frechette
Performed by Post '76
Courtesy of Dan Frechette/EMI April Music (Canada) Inc. (SOCAN)

User Reviews

Absolutely terrible.........

AGH! I was lucky that I never spent money on hiring this out. I caught this about 1am a few months ago and decided to see it cause I had seen the first film and quite liked it. The only problem was I thought Van Damme was in this flick because I had seen a promo for it somewhere, now I know that there is another sequel (Um, how stupid is that anyway!!) This one was done before the Van Damme sequel so they must have decided they wanted a completely different storyline to end the Universal Soldier saga.

Anyway, back to this film. Well, I don't think I can really add much to what the others have said. Everything is just terrible, the acting, man that guy playing Luc is meant to act like he doesn't quite understand somethings, but he comes across as being so incredibly dumb! His fighting was appaling, the dialog was awful.......like I said, everything was shocking. Another thing I found so off-putting was how predictable this movie was. Just by looking at the title you know what its going to be about - and the eventual outcome as well.

If the original actors had been in this it would have been better, but it still wouldn't have made up for the terrible script. By all means please avoid this flick........and it's sequel cause that's just as bad!

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Universal Soldier II

Filming Locations:

Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Catalyst Entertainment Production, Durrant Fox Productions Inc., Rigel Independent Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1