areaseven Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 (edited) They didn't learn from the last one, did they? Coming to some U.S. theaters on November 30 is Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, the pseudo-sequel to the 2009 flop Universal Soldier: Regeneration. For this film, we see British martial arts actor Scott Adkins (Hector in The Expendables 2, Yuri Boyka in Undisputed 2-3) as the main protagonist John, who is out to avenge the slaying of his wife and daughter. All points lead to Luc Deveraux (played once again by Jean-Claude Van Damme) as the main culprit, as he and yet another clone of Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren, of course) lead an army of UniSols to liberate their kind from government rule.Just like A1 mentioned on another thread: "There has NEVER been a franchise that has been this fuked up. EVER." Official Site Edited December 21, 2013 by areaseven Quote
Greyryder Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 Not even counting the two made for cable movies, is there even any continuity in this franchise. This one feels like it completely ignores everything that's come before it. Quote
areaseven Posted November 23, 2012 Author Posted November 23, 2012 Here's one of the fight scenes: Quote
Roy Focker Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 How can they still move their arms after catching machettes with them? Wasn't Jean Claude the good guy? Why is Jean Claude in Black & White Cookie face? Quote
Hikuro Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 Not even counting the two made for cable movies, is there even any continuity in this franchise. This one feels like it completely ignores everything that's come before it. There's been talks of a complete reboot of the franchise I believe, but dunno where that's gone. And yes they've thrown continuity with C4 strapped to it and pushed it off the tallest structure known to man. It's best just not to think about it I guess. Quote
myk Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) There's been talks of a complete reboot of the franchise I believe, but dunno where that's gone. And yes they've thrown continuity with C4 strapped to it and pushed it off the tallest structure known to man. It's best just not to think about it I guess. Hmmm, a reboot of Universal Soldier, eh? I wonder if I could reboot my latest excrement into another pizza, hamburger, hot dog, or some Panda Express. Somehow, I get the feeling that both would still be like....excrement... Edited November 23, 2012 by myk Quote
areaseven Posted November 23, 2012 Author Posted November 23, 2012 How can they still move their arms after catching machettes with them? Maybe they're now cybernetic organisms, living tissues over metal endoskeletons. Quote
CoreyD Posted November 23, 2012 Posted November 23, 2012 You know, I actually enjoyed Regeneration. Quote
badboy00z Posted November 24, 2012 Posted November 24, 2012 How can they still move their arms after catching machettes with them? Wasn't Jean Claude the good guy? Why is Jean Claude in Black & White Cookie face? I was asking the same thing. lol Quote
Greyryder Posted November 25, 2012 Posted November 25, 2012 Maybe they're now cybernetic organisms, living tissues over metal endoskeletons. Nah! That concept could never work! Quote
myk Posted November 26, 2012 Posted November 26, 2012 Nah! That concept could never work! It did work until Scy-Fi blew it shreds, lol... Quote
Agent ONE Posted November 26, 2012 Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Ok I am a superfan of this disaster of a franchise, I can help sort the continuity out.First of all, this movie is not a reboot, and I can add, it was actually pretty good! That said here is the continuity breakdown: Universal Soldier - Awesome, though kinda in a 'bad 80's movie kind of way' Universal Soldier 2 - Made for TV crap, had none of original cast. Universal Soldier 3 - More Made for TV crap, had none of original cast. Universal Soldier the Return (the new Universal Soldier 2) - Bad and written by someone who didn't even watch the first one. Totally defied the base of what a Universal Soldier is. You'd think at least Van Damme would have said something. Universal Soldier Regeneration (the new NEW Universal Soldier 2) - Brought Dolph back, but was still pretty bad. AND mentioned that the soldiers were going to be cloned. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning - This is actually a sequel of Universal Soldier Regeneration, so if you wanted to call this Universal Soldier 3, you could. ------- I am still a fan, and this film (Reckoning) is actually great... Still as A7 quoted me as saying, the MOST FUKED UP FRANCHISE EVER. There has never been a reboot of the franchise, from the start but the "part 2" has been done 3 times. Edited November 26, 2012 by Agent ONE Quote
TehPW Posted November 26, 2012 Posted November 26, 2012 its all about POV i guess. i swear my testes hugged my bladder when he took that machette hit... Quote
areaseven Posted November 28, 2012 Author Posted November 28, 2012 Here's a bit of a shocker: 69% on Rotten Tomatoes (as of 28 November). Quote
UN Spacy Posted November 29, 2012 Posted November 29, 2012 I have Directv and it's airing on HDNet TV. I gotta be honest...the fight scenes are damn good (sporting goods store, vs. Dolph in the armory ftw). It's definitely WAAAAAAAAY better than any of the sequels. Quote
areaseven Posted November 29, 2012 Author Posted November 29, 2012 I have Directv and it's airing on HDNet TV. I gotta be honest...the fight scenes are damn good (sporting goods store, vs. Dolph in the armory ftw). It's definitely WAAAAAAAAY better than any of the sequels. That's really not saying much. How is it compared to the first movie? Quote
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