Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

TV-14

1998

1h 35m

Sci-Fi

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5 Reviews

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A planned $1 billion gold heist involves a yet more powerful and deadly superhuman fighting machine (Jeff Wincott).

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Pablo Villaça

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Embora Van Damme ainda tenha boa presena e a coragem de encarnar seu heri como um quase zumbi, Lundgren mal d as caras (frustrando at mesmo os filhotes da dcada de 80) neste filme estpido em conceito e execuo.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 15, 2010

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Brian Orndorf

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Disturbingly competent and utterly entertaining...doesn't retain the sweaty, cartoonish attitude of Roland Emmerich's original picture, but as superfluous sequels aimed at the bottom-shelf market go, Regeneration is startlingly well-crafted.

Rated: B

Jan 14, 2010

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 17, 2005

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

Rated: 44/100

Mar 16, 2004

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Dave Robinson

Apollo Guide

Rated: 44/100

Jan 1, 2000

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dave j

Monday, April 7, 2014 (1998) Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business SCIENCE-FICTION ACTION DRAMA Slightly better than the previous one called "Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms", but still quite awful, overall, because of the production budget and the fake looking action scenes. Matt Battaglia returns to the title role of "Universal Soldier" Luc Devereaux or GR44, and viewers get to find out what 'G.R.' stands for which are the initials of every 'Universal Soldier' cyborg ever created. They are really the initials of someone's name, who is the person who funded the cyborg program played by Burt Reynolds. And at the same time, both Luc and reporter Veronica Roberts (Chandra West) must find a way to expose this to the media. They are confronted by radical terrorists attempting to hijack a building, but after shot dead, they are later turned into Universal Soldier cyborgs as well. One of the major fights, which is kind of lame, consist of a major fight between brother to brother. 2 out of 4 stars

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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The film can be compared to taking a bite off a big smelly dog poop. Impossible to recommend to anyone.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Marginally better than the previous installment as criminals are now regenerated to make a gold heist. Surely the low for Burt Reynolds, I'm not sure what accent he is doing here.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Time Pass, Good Fighting Scenes!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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I have actually come to a point in my life that I believe I have watched too many movies. The simple fact that I sat through "Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business", despite LOATHING Universal Soldier II, proves to me I need to lay off films for a while and do some more house work my wife keeps nagging me about or perhaps do some more studying to get a masters degree in law. Hell mowing the lawn sounds much more exciting than sitting through this shit. Now that I've calmed down a bit I must welcome you to another episode of the Universal Soldier TV show .This episode is titled "Unfinished Business." As you can tell from my sarcasm this TV junk sequel, like it's predecessor, has the exact same shitty "TV show" production values complete with the mind numbingly bad title sequence and awful performance by Matt Battaglia. Also what's with the subtitle Unfinished Business? That has to be one of the most uninteresting subtitles to a an "action" film EVER! If it was up to me they should have left this sequel "unfinished" and let the negative rot in someone's wine cellar. Our film takes place right after Universal Soldier II and after a lame recap of that film (which again reminds me of a two part TV episode), we have our GR 44 UniSol and his reporter girlfriend mourning the death of his brother. From there the plot is basically the same with them trying to bring down the corrupt government organization responsible for the Universal Soldier project and the government (lead by Burt Reynolds) trying to capture them. A snorefest ensues. Perhaps the most ridiculous concept is the introduction of the government growing universal soldiers from fetuses at an accelerated rate. Instead of filming these two TV made sequels back-to-back, they should have concentrated on making one TV made sequel that actually have some QUALITY to it and perhaps a more condensed, comprehensive plot. As it is they made two shitty sequels instead of 1 decent one, spreading their sparse financial resources far too thin resulting in talky, nearly action-less and completely forgettable sequels to a surprisingly enjoyable original. I got this film in a rare out-of-print Double Feature with Universal Soldier II at a Pawn shop for a measly $3. I have come to the conclusion that the Pawn Shop should have paid me $3 to take it off their hands. Why am I keeping it your asking? Well I keep it cause I like to fuck with people who think that the theatrical film Universal Soldier: The Return is the second film in the franchise, until I blow the dust off this little turd on my DVD shelf. It's funny to see them get that quizzical yet excited look until they attempt to watch the damn things and their magical Universal Soldier imagination land comes crashing down in a wall of flame. Do yourself a favor, leave these sequels undiscovered. You will be much more happy, trust me.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren together... oh, sweet success! Shocked as you may be, as was I, this Universal Soldier DVD-only movie is not all that bad! What makes this movie pretty good is that the action is mixed in with very minimal conversation. Van Damme's one line quips after every punch or kill are peacefully missing here. He is set on disarming a bomb attached to a power plant and must destroy everything in his path to complete his mission, even a clone of his old ally. Thrown into the mix of Universal Soldiers is MMA fighter Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski, who provides more hand to hand action to the film. This was still not the best of movies but this is one of Van Damme's better films. Regeneration is a successful movie and will prove to be a good rental. (Now if they can do another sequel with Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal, Antonio Sabbato Jr, Kevin Sorbo, and Brian Bosworth............ Best. Movie. Ever.)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Jeff Woolnough

Director

Matt Battaglia

Luc Devereaux

Chandra West

Veronica Roberts

Jeff Wincott

Eric Devereaux

Burt Reynolds

Mentor

Richard McMillan

Dr. Walker

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Synopsis

A planned $1 billion gold heist involves a yet more powerful and deadly superhuman fighting machine (Jeff Wincott).

Director: Jeff Woolnough
Producer: Kevin Gillis, John F.S. Laing
Screenwriter: Peter M. Lenkov
Production Co: Catalyst Entertainment Production, Rigel Independent Entertainment, Durrant Fox Productions Inc.
Rating: TV-14 (D|L|V|S), R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2020
Runtime: 1h 35m

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