Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Universal Soldier: The Return got some horrible reviews but you know what the first movie didn't got good reviews either it holds a 19% on Rotten Tomatoes so yeah not a good start for a series but for some stupid reason critics like Universal Soldier 4 anyways the sequel is louder, more action packed and still cheesy as hell. But giving this film a 4.1 seems wrong to me i mean you have Bill Goldberg and Michael Jai White that is enough for me and Van Damme has to fight those beasts all by himself in order to protect his kid. Is Universal Soldier 2 a bad movie it depends on what you like if you like JCVD you will love this movie if not stay away.

Now I'll be honest with you I always consider Universal Soldier series the poor man's Terminator. When you compare the two together they do have a lot that make them look the same.I remember when WCW World Championship Wrestling Star Bill Goldberg was cast for the movie WCW promoted the movie on their programming. However when I finally get to watch this movie it just didn't live up to all the hype. I can see why this film wasn't successful. And to make masters worse for the film it is pretty much not consider part of the series canon.SO why go through the trouble of making a film that is a "Sequel" only to be disown. It goes to show that is why I call Universal Soldier the Poor man's Terminator. Any way lets meet the cast shall we? We have Jean-Claude Van Damme reprising his role as Luc Deveraux and he is the protagonist of the film. We get S.E.T.H. played by Michael Jai White who serves as the main antagonist of the film. Bill Goldberg plays Romeo who reuses one line over and over again like his catch praise. Heidi Schanz plays Erin Young the female lead Karis Paige Bryant plays Hillary Deveraux the daughter of Luc. Along with Maggie played by Kiana Tom.The film really lacks in depth and character development. Or I should have seen the first movie but regardless this film just feels weak on character. The acting in this film is what you would expect in a film like thisThe main two things I can say that I like best about the film was the soundtrack which lead song is "Crush 'Em" by Megadeth, "Crazy Train" The Flys,"Fueled" Anthrax, "Hatred" D Generation and much more. The fight scenes were the other only high light of the film.After viewing this film I didn't get any other desires to see the other films in the series it would be like this was a spin off or side story to the series so yeah this film had a lot of interesting and just feels like it was a disappointmentI give Universal Soldier:The Return an 5 out of 10

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999): Dir: Mic Rodger / Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Bill Goldberg, Xander Berkeley, Daniel von Bargen: Absolute garbage about soldiers that are half human and half robot but all moron. Their favorite past time seems to be to blast everything in sight. If they were really that desperate then perhaps they should have blasted the set preventing this sh*t from being made. Jean-Claude Van Damme hurls aimlessly in and out of near death situations. His daughter is injured and taken to hospital, which leaves plenty of opportunity for bad guys to invade and get their asses kicked. Mic Rodger does an uninspiring job directing this mess. I have seen children create better art out of their own snot than the special effects given here. Van Damme fights and that pretty much sums up his contribution. Michael Jai White plays what seems to be a human form of Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unfortunately for him he is in this movie and not that one. Bill Goldberg plays a villain who proves that sticking to wrestling would be great advice for him. Xander Berkeley also appears as if the contribution would some how save the film. Not likely. Easily one of the very worst films of the year, with absolutely no redeeming value. Someone should drop a concrete block on this stupid action film so that we could honestly say that it served some sort of purpose. Score: 0 / 10

I don't understand why so many people are against this movie,it was just as good as the first one.not only that this one has a lot more action,the acting was pretty good and the pacing was good also.the fight scenes were nicely choreographed and the effects were nicely doneIf you liked the original then you're gonna love this trust me.Jean Claude van damne was great in his resuming role as luc deveraux Michael jai White was great also in his role as the main villainGoldberg was OK in his role as one of the villains,it was a start for himall in all good movie its worth a watch.