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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Play trailer Poster for Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning R Released Nov 30, 2012 1h 53m Action Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Archenemies Luc Devereaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) contend with a terrifying army of reanimated supersoldiers.
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Critics Consensus

The mooted final installment in the long-running series is a hyper-violent, often grim throwback to action movies of yore -- which will appeal to some audiences just as emphatically as it deters others.

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R. Emmet Sweeney Film Comment Magazine Hyams has created a truly unique object, a horror-action-flicker film about uniquely expressive bodies haunted by the minds and memories they are forced to house. Nov 9, 2015 Full Review Richard Brody New Yorker Several sequences of this gorefest, which is posed between hyperkinetic martial-arts mayhem and near-static moments of confusion and terror, have a gleeful virtuosity that nearly redeems its lumbering longueurs and generic splatter. Dec 10, 2012 Full Review Louis Black Austin Chronicle As with all the films in the Universal Soldier series, this is mostly a catalog of increasingly brutal fights, which are the main attraction in and of themselves. Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 30, 2012 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins An hour into the film it's still no clearer exactly what is supposed to be going on. Rated: 2/10 Dec 2, 2020 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See An overly violent mess of gory revenge, kill crazy rampages in a day-glo UniSol brothel, and an awesome brain-drilling scene. Insane, esoteric, weirdly dense, and wanting in the logic department, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is a damn blast. Rated: A Jul 18, 2020 Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest For a film that should feel as if it came off a conveyer belt, "Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning" may struggle with its origins as much as its characters, but ultimately transcends them to become something revelatory for its entire genre. Dec 17, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jerod S The fighting is gorier - but the plot line is equally as messy. Van Damme is a figment of seizure inducing mind spasms. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/03/24 Full Review Liam D Probably the best movie in the franchise because this a throwback to 80s action movies but also Slasher movies as well Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/17/22 Full Review Audience Member The more you watch the sequence the more you miss the original... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Half boring art-house wannabe with lots of slow motion and nothing happening. Half senseless graphic violence for the sake of senseless graphic violence. And a bunch of really annoying strobe lights thrown in for good measure. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review george l I haven't seen the other Universal Soldier movies because they seemed like cookie cutter van Damme movies. I saw this on late night TV. It's great. Low budget, but great. You have to watch it twice to figure out the plot. It's as dark and creepy as it is violent. Scott Adkins is terrific. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A fun action film that also feels like a game could have been better or worser but if u jist want to relqx and watch a action film, this might be for you. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Archenemies Luc Devereaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) contend with a terrifying army of reanimated supersoldiers.
Director
John Hyams
Producer
Craig Baumgarten, Moshe Diamant, Allen Shapiro
Screenwriter
John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, John Greenhalgh
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Foresight Unlimited, Baumgarten, Signature Pictures
Rating
R (Graphic Nudity|Brutal Bloody Violence|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.2K
Runtime
1h 53m
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