Universal Soldier

1992
M18
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

98K

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Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier (1992)

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Dark Comedy Action Sci-Fi

Soldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.Soldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.Soldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

98K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Universal Soldier

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Universal Soldier: First Mission (UK)

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Universal Soldier: Diner (UK)

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Universal Soldier: Final Fight (Uk)

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Trivia
Both Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren attended the 1992 Cannes Film Festival in order to promote this film. Just outside the festival hall, Van Damme and Lundgren were shown having an argument, and then pushing and threatening each other before security guards intervened and stopped them. This brawl between the two became a talking point for the media and was reported on many news channels. However, years later, Lundgren revealed in an interview that it was all staged to garner publicity for this movie. Van Damme also confirmed this on a 2018 podcast.

Goofs
(at around 24 mins) Luc and Scott are sent to apprehend Veronica, the problem is that moments before they were sent to get her, they were naked and having their memory clearance injections. By the time they got kitted up to go get her, she would have already left and they'd have no hope of catching her.

Quotes
Scott: Say good night, asshole.
Luc: Good night, asshole.

Alternate versions
The Australian theatrical release of the film was heavily cut by 3 minutes to receive an M rating.
Head-shots to Vietnamese villagers.
Scott getting the knife in the gut by Luc.
The dinner fight was heavily trimmed.
A scientist getting impaled on a needle.
The supermarket shootout and Dolph's demise on the farm machinery.
All of these cuts were restored for an R rated VHS release and later, an MA 15+ rated DVD/Blu-ray release.

Connections
Edited into Making of 'Universal Soldier' (1992)

Soundtracks
Body Count's In The House
Written by Ice-T and Ernie C
Performed by Body Count
Courtesy of Sire Records
by Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Featured review

6/10

Universally watchable

Two dead American soldiers from Vietnam resurface years later as nuclear machines that help take down terrorists. However when a nosy reporter starts snooping around she rekindles the memories of the soldiers, one wants to go home and the other wants to kill the other. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren together in one film doesn't exactly bring up expectations of quality. However Universal Soldier manages to be far more entertaining than one would've guessed and not even in guilty pleasure way. The action is rather spectacular and while Van Damme and Lundgren are rather well suited to their parts. The secondary characters such as Jerry Orbach,Ed O'Ross and Ally Walker only provide our hero and villain with targets to shoot at but for mindless enjoyment, you can certainly do worse.

* *1/2 out 4-(Pretty good)