The most recent Universal Soldier film (directed by Son of Peter Hyams) wasn’t too bad at all and better yet, it brought Jean-Claude Van Lungren Dolph Damme back together in a crescendo of rippling aged muscles and gunfire. Granted, Dolph wasn’t allowed to recreate his brilliant (no kidding, watch the supermarket scene) batshit version Sgt. Andrew Scott in the redux but it still allowed for a nice C-grade romp in the battlefield.
The Hollywood Reporter being your source for all news Universal Soldier, has shared with civilization that the most powerful franchise in history is not only coming back hard, but with one extra dimension in its backpack.
Yep, now you can see just how far Mr. Damme’s forehead knot protrudes because the Unisols are going to be kicking ass in the third dimension. You want to talk about actual merit to the format, it’s B movies. It may be the difference between the theater and the video store for films like this and since 3-D was originally created for gimmick films, I’m all for it.
That said, I’m not one who believes the current 3-D trend is all that bad in the first place. In fact I’m fine with it. Yeah, it’s a cash grab but sometimes it’s fun and you can always choose not to see it all up in your face.
I cannot wait to see Dolph Lundgren all up in my business in the mathematically named Universal Soldier IV.
And let’s face it, the Roman numerals showcase the class this franchise deserves.
As an aside, if you are into this kind of cinema you need to visit our colossal B-Movie Action Thread on the message boards. It’s become its own cult, and deservedly so.
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This is GREAT news. I make no bones about it, I am huge fan of the first Universal Soldier, sure it's flawed and somewhat dopey but it is so over the top and such a blatant rip off of terminator and robocop that I am compelled to watch it from start to finish whenever it's on. The other sequels and *shudder TV show after it all sucked, but then came my blu ray copy of Universal Soldier Regeneration in the mail and suddenly all was well in the forest again. It renewed my interest and actually was better than some theatrical releases I have recently seen. It's got great action and is really really good (seriously CHUD, stop reviewing tripe like Keeping up w the Kardashians and the latest My Little Pony DVD and review this movie NOW, you owe it to your readership to get the word out!!)
Wait– how's this mathematically named? Are we not counting the Burt Reynolds installments? Shouldn't this be Universal Soldier VI? I mean, I didn't see those made-for-teevee installments, but I guess Busey shows up, so they must have SOME merit. Right?
Thanks for the B-Movie Action thread shoutout.
@ #2,
I don't think the ones without Van Damme count as cannon? Really, none of them make sense together. In "The Return" Van Damme was cured of beinga Unisol, which means, he's no longer dead? Or undead? And then in "Regeneration" (as much as I like it) he's a Unisol again? Unless I completely missed something.
But still, I'm excited about a return to the theaters. And I say cram in as many dimensions as you can!
Canon? Universal Soldier Canon? Is that, like, a weapon or something? I hope.
Good stuff. I actually prefer Nick's bizarre steam of consciousness type posts to Devin's low rent (read: bankrupt) New Yorker schtick. The guy bitches about 3-D yet will accept 3-D porn with open balls. As will we all.
hmmm really cant see this getting in theatres. could be the first straight to dvd 3D movie using non-anaglyph technology. they are rolling out the 3d tvs now so i dont see why not.
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I don't see the people making the investment in 3-D TV's being the same people that are in a hurry to try it out on a DTV JCVD flick though. I'm sure that if it gets a theatrical release that there will be a name change to "THE Universal Soldier" or "Universal SoldierS" or something like that.
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