Synopsis
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeLuc Deveraux / GR44
- Dolph LundgrenAndrew Scott / GR13
- Ally WalkerVeronica Roberts
- Ed O'RossColonel Perry
- Ralf MoellerGR76
- Jerry OrbachDr. Christopher Gregor
- Leon RippyWoodward
- Tico WellsGarth
- Robert TreborMotel Owner
- Tommy Lister Jr.GR55
Recommendations
- 60
Washington Post
By its own deliriously rock-bottom standards, "Universal" ain't half bad. Of course, you have to be big on bloody slaughter, kickboxing, infrared gunning and impaired acting. But "Universal" executes its subtle-free mission with surprisingly watchable efficiency. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
I suppose there is a market for this sort of thing among bubblebrained adolescents of all ages, but it takes a good chase scene indeed to rouse me from the lethargy induced by dozens and dozens of essentially similar sequences. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
It's the kind of movie that crumbles into trash -- non-recyclable -- if you spend more than 10 minutes thinking about it. It's designed for dumb fun, and delivers some. [10 July 1992, p.D3] - 33
Entertainment Weekly
Viewers primed for a postapocalyptic blowout will be disappointed to learn that Universal Soldier is set in the boring old present day, and that until the climactic clash the film is slow-moving and short on firepower. - 30
Austin Chronicle
As the robotic duo, Lundgren and Van Damme have found roles tailored to their acting abilities. - 30
Variety
In an equally damning commentary on the acting and Roland Emmerich’s direction, Lundgren and Van Damme are both more realistic as stoic cadavers than they are once their memories start to return. - 25
Miami Herald
Universal Soldier, for all its sound and fury, isn't much fun. [15 July 1992, p.E5] - 25
Portland Oregonian
Universal Soldier is another goony banquet of violence composed almost entirely of leftovers. It's a Frankenstein-monster of a movie with parts of a dozen or more films stitched and stapled together to make one lurching melodrama. [11 July 1992, C10]
