Universal Soldier (1992)

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• Sophie B

  
  Not critically very good however the story was interesting and it was just something easy and fun to watch. Van Damme and Lundgren were good in the roles (although not great) but it's just a good watch if you want something easy.

• Phil H

  
  Totally over the top violence and a very over used robot/cyborg plot line, but this is still a good action flick, possibly Lundgrens best as well. The final showdown between Van Damme and Lundgren is very cool, very tense with Lundgren being pretty scary in his 'pyscho… More
  Totally over the top violence and a very over used robot/cyborg plot line, but this is still a good action flick, possibly Lundgrens best as well. The final showdown between Van Damme and Lundgren is very cool, very tense with Lundgren being pretty scary in his 'pyscho zone', the way he is so unstable makes for a very nerve racking character to watch, kudos. It all looks good and the action is first rate with some great fights, well your typical JCVD fights and setups. Walker is cute and Lundgren is badass but its all very predictable of course, much like all other JCVD flicks it follows the same pattern but that was the stable diet back in the day and no one questioned it. 'are we having fun yet?'

• Lenny M

  
  Hilarious movie. You can't go wrong with Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as robots, laughable and absurd in the vein of Commando. Hollywood typically generates hit movies when they put bad actors into robot roles, that's dat robot power.

• Emily A

  
  This movie is more fun than a barrel of bodybuilders. If you can get past the silliness of the US military apparently stealing the workd of Mr. Freeze and making cryogenically-powered supermen out of decades-dead soldiers, this movie is great fun. The action scenes are well-shot, the… More
  This movie is more fun than a barrel of bodybuilders. If you can get past the silliness of the US military apparently stealing the workd of Mr. Freeze and making cryogenically-powered supermen out of decades-dead soldiers, this movie is great fun. The action scenes are well-shot, the fights are well choreographed and the entire concoction is threaded with enough comedy to keep the whole debacle above water. I really kind of relished the anxiety that the military higher-ups had about the potential for thier muscular bionic zombies breaking thier bonds. When Andrew Scott wyles out, it's delicious; not just because the hulking blond giant is a pleasure to watch, but because it's hilarious to see his ex-superiors scramble to avoid upsetting him. I find it interesting that both Van Damme and Lundgren are playing organic robots - meat puppets, if you will - who gradually regain their memories in life. Both characters are in nearly identical circumstances, yet the actors play them very differently: Lundgren crafts an idiosyncratic character whose mannerisms are borderline playful, while Van Damme really embraces the robotic side of Luc Deveaux and despite his relative warmth and compassion, remains completely sober and languid. It's a strange dichotomy and interesting to see the two big blokes pitted against each other. It reminds me a little of the Batman-Joker relationship.

• Conner R

  
  It is an incredibly unique and outlandish plot that almost anyone can get into and enjoy. While it's not perfect or exactly good on a serious level, it is about as enjoyable and fun as movies get. The double team of Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme really sells the movie… More
  It is an incredibly unique and outlandish plot that almost anyone can get into and enjoy. While it's not perfect or exactly good on a serious level, it is about as enjoyable and fun as movies get. The double team of Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme really sells the movie and fuels all of the great moments, but even without them it is an interesting plot. I feel like Roland Emmerich really made his best movies early on, because this and Stargate remain his most original pieces of work.

• Al S

  
  The ultimate action showdown between two classic action heroes. It packs more serious punch than The Terminator. A riveting, exhilarating and spectacular action-packed thriller. A great amount of hard-boiled thrills and pulse-pounding excitement from start to finish. An original… More
  The ultimate action showdown between two classic action heroes. It packs more serious punch than The Terminator. A riveting, exhilarating and spectacular action-packed thriller. A great amount of hard-boiled thrills and pulse-pounding excitement from start to finish. An original classic. 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 adrenaline-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.

• Wahida K

  
  Man I dont know why this Movie is so overrated.

• Anthony L

  
  Ugh! Men with tits fighting each other is not my idea of good entertainment!

• Jason O

  
  In "Universal Soldier," Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a man who was supposedly killed in a war and is revived as a cyborg who is ordered around by the people who made him. Even though he's now mostly a robot, Van Damme keeps seeing flashes of things that happened in… More
  In "Universal Soldier," Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as a man who was supposedly killed in a war and is revived as a cyborg who is ordered around by the people who made him. Even though he's now mostly a robot, Van Damme keeps seeing flashes of things that happened in the past. These flashbacks turn him against one of his cyborg allies (Dolph Lundgren) and eventually leads to his freedom from being controlled by his creators. But the creators won't let Van Damme go free without them doing everything they can to get him back and under their control once again. "Universal Soldier" is a good overall movie, but I didn't think it was the best Van Damme movie. The only thing that keeps the movie from being boring are the few fighting sequences and the feud between Van Damme and Lundgren. Jean-Claude Van Damme does one of his best acting jobs in this movie and Dolph Lundgren also did a good job. There is a few fighting sequences in the movie, but when compared to most of the other Van Damme movies, there's really not that much fighting involved in "Universal Soldier." I recommend anybody who likes Van Damme movies or good action movies to get "Universal Soldier." It doesn't have the best script or the best plot, but it is entertaining nonetheless. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. Van Damme's probably done more nude scenes than any actor I've ever known of lol.

• Tsubaki S

  
  Universal crap.

• Ginny  

  
  One of those movies that made me like Van Damme so much hehehe!

• EightThirty .

  
  Wow..I still love it after all these years, What a Great Movie ^_^

• Nani V

  
  I want ice.

• Dean !

  
  One of Van Damme's better action films as a futuristic soldier.

• Khris N

  
  Not as good as it could have been - very dramatic, it should have been made as an all out action packed movie - rather than mixing the drama in it.

• danny d

  
  pretty decent action flick

• xGary X

  
  Two of the least charismatic "stars" around in a hopeless Robocop rip-off that shows how useless Emmerich and Devlin are without a big bag of money and visual effects overload to back them up.

• Jason S

  
  Good action.

• Dean M

  
  Wham-bang action picture for the boys. Bizarre that these guys can shoot through a telephone line but still miss an escaping car.

• Steven V

  
  This movie is entertaining, loud and destructive. Makes for a great night out at the movies. It was surprisingly good for those late 80's early 90's cheesy action movies.

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