Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Mic Rodgers

Writers (WGA):

Richard Rothstein (characters) &
Christopher Leitch (characters) ...

Release Date:

20 August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare to become obsolete

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Military | General | Reporter | Motorcycle

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Luc Deveraux
Michael Jai White	...	S.E.T.H.
Heidi Schanz	...	Erin Young, KTXD
Xander Berkeley	...	Dr. Dylan Cotner
Justin Lazard	...	Captain Blackburn
Kiana Tom	...	Maggie
Daniel von Bargen	...	General Radford
James Black	...	Sergeant Morrow
Karis Paige Bryant	...	Hillary Deveraux
Bill Goldberg	...	Romeo / UniSol 2500
Brent Anderson	...	Technician #2
Brent Hinkley	...	Squid
Woody Watson	...	RL Gate Guard
Jacqueline Klein	...	Betty Wilson
Maria Arita	...	Kitty Anderson, KTXO

Also Known As:

Universal Soldier IV (USA) (informal alternative title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

82 min | Argentina:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | France:-12 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Caddo Lake, Texas, USA

Company:

Baumgarten-Prophet Entertainment

Trivia:

When S.E.T.H. cracks his kill-code, it flashes up on the screen, starting with "NCC1701", which is the registration code of the starship Enterprise.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the battle in the Chemical Weapons storage room, where UniSol Romeo is stalking Luc and reporter Erin Young, Luc starts out wearing a dark jacket over his gray shirt. After a short cutaway from him and Erin, his dark jacket is suddenly gone with no visible sign of it. Later, as the movie returns to the Chemical Weapons room fight after a brief detour, Luc suddenly has his dark jacket back on, but this time we also see him actually take it off after it catches fire.

Quotes:

Maggie: [about Romeo] I don't care if he's dead. If he grabs me again, I'll kill him.

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Never Felt So Much

Action Packed

The movie I saw is called Universal Soldier the Return. I thought it was a fairly good movie. But what makes it a good movie? Of course there are tons of factors depending on what you like. Two of the things that I look for in a good movie are the special effects and lots of action. This movie has both of these two attributes. That is why I liked this movie.

One of the things that make a good movie is lots of action. Universal Soldier the Return is jam packed with this. One of the best action scenes in the movie is at the end when Van Damne is fight Seth, the leader of Unisols. They have a long hand to hand combat match. The reason why this is a good action scene is because it has fist and foot fighting. The scene has a lot of it too. Another good example of an action scene was in the beginning. The Unisols and Van Damne are training. The Unisols are chasing him and his partner on jetskis. They were firing guns at eachother and it was so good because eventhough guns are bad, they make good action scenes. This scene had lots of them.

Another one the many things that a good movie needs are good special effects. This movie doesn't have as much special effects as it has action but it has good special effects instead of a lot. There is a part of the movie were they use special lazers on dead war soldiers to cut their skulls open to make a hole on their heads. Then they put a microchip in their heads to control them. The special part of it is that they don't use lazers to do that and they don't have that technology yet. Another good example of special effects is in the main control that controls everything. It talks and has its own mind but the cool part is that it has a giant microchip in it with purple clouds of lightning in it which you can see. It is cool how they make the clouds and lightning purple and they put the image right in the screen so it is very visible. Both of these contribute to making the movie a good movie.

It was good By:Matt Soo Hoo