Ally Walker, Dolph Lundgren, Drew Snyder, Ed O'Ross, Gene Davis ...( see more  see more... ) , Jean-Claude Van Damme , Jerry Orbach , Leon Rippy , Lilyan Chauvin , Ralf Moeller , Rance Howard , Robert Trebor , Tico Wells

Before they made a mountain of money as the creators of Independence Day and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich and screenwriter Dean Devlin teamed up for this action flick disguised as a science fict...( read more  read more... )ion thriller. Muscle hunks Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren play embattled Vietnam soldiers who killed each other in combat and are revived 25 years later as semi-android "UniSols" in a high-tech army of the near future. Their memories were supposedly wiped clean, but flashbacks occur to remind them of their bitter hatred (Lundgren committed wartime atrocities; Van Damme had tried to stop him), and the warriors resume their tenacious battle while a journalist (Ally Walker) uncovers the truth about the secret UniSol program. With energy to spare, the standard action sequences are adequate for anyone with a short attention span. And besides, with Van Damme and Lundgren in the lead roles, who needs dialogue? --Jeff Shannon

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R, 102 min.

Directed by: Roland Emmerich

Release Date: July 10, 1992

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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001

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  • October 5, 2009
    The ultimate action showdown between two classic action heros. It packs more serious punch than The Terminator. A riveting, exhilerating and spectacular action-packed thriller. A great amount of hard-bolied thrills and pulse-pounding excitment from start to finish. An origianl cl...( read more)assic. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren turn up the heat with unstoppable force and when their characters come to their senses both the stars deliver pretty great performances. An action fans fun-house dream. An adreniline-charged non-stop action rollar-coaster thrill-machine. A guilty pleasure loaded with great fight scenes and explosive gun battles. One of Lundgren's and Van Dammes's best films.
  • September 29, 2009
    Ugh! Men with tits fighting each other is not my idea of good entertainment!
  • May 5, 2009
    Totally over the top violence and action and a very over used robot or cyborg plot line, but this is still a good action flick, possibly Lungdrens best as well. The showdown between Van Damme n Lungdren is very cool and tense, it looks good and the action is first rate. Walker is...( read more) cute and Lungdren is actually pretty psychotic and scary, loving the diner fight sequence.
    'are we having fun yet?'
  • February 22, 2009
    Dolph and Van Damme are so bad ass they get the killing-each-other out of the way first off, then spend the rest of the movie beating the shit outta each other! They don't giva damn about chronological order!
  • July 9, 2008
    Dolph is fuckin crazy!
  • December 22, 2009
    One of the stronger entries in Van Damme's career, Universal Soldier delivers in almost every way. ost importantly, the premise of a secret "super-soldier" type program is not a stretch. If noone has actually started a program of this type, it's only a matter of time.
  • December 20, 2009
    PRETTY GOOD SOLID ACTION SCI-FI FLICK
  • November 22, 2009
    Fun, simple action film that moves along nicely.
  • November 16, 2009
    Bad with a capital B
  • November 11, 2009
    Se volvio una de mis favoritas me cautivo con su intensa accioon y originalidad, al grado que llegue a esperar una secuela la cual llego pero para mi suerte resulto ser una basura

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