Back in 1992, two years before mercilessly breaking the box office around the world with the wonderful and always underrated ‘Independence Day’, the good Roland Emmerich made the leap into American cinema with ‘Universal Soldier’. And if it is true that he has not reached, far from it, the levels of spectacularity (and excesses) of his subsequent blockbusters, here he was already aiming for a Explosive, sweaty and passionate action model even in the stupidity that populated his screenplay.
The complete saga of ‘Universal Soldier’, from less to more
4 “Universal Soldier: The Return”
“Universal Soldier: The Return”, released seven years after the success of the first installment, is a model for a sequel that is as current as it is effective. That means, more ‘or less the sameplaying just enough to argue for a comeback and putting all the weight on the shoulders of a Jean-Claude Van Damme who has shown all too much how little he cares to be involved in these adventures again. Is it visible? Yes. Does it bring something new to the saga? A couple of more or less rigged action scenes. Is it the weakest of the sequels? Affirmative.
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3 “Universal Soldier 4: Judgment Day”
The duo Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren are back: the party is back. There isn’t a truly memorable cinematic aspect to “Universal Soldier 4: Judgment Day”, but it’s clear an energy so particular and, in a certain sense, nostalgic that it ends up convincing based on the past, the fist, the blood and the memories. A solid sequel that grazes the heels of “Universal Soldier: Regeneration” and that far surpasses “Universal Soldier: The Return”.
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Two “Universal Soldier: Regeneration”
Nobody expected anything good from “Universal Soldier: Regeneration”, the third installment of the saga released a decade after “Universal Soldier: The Return”, but life holds surprises for you, we are facing the best sequel to this particular film of the universe. If only for the enthusiasm that all those responsible put us, with director John Hyams and Jean-Claude Van Damme at the helm, the film works as something more passable action show, adding a healthy self-awareness of one’s limits. He knows what the audience is looking for and offers it convincingly. Seen the visa, hey, a success.
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1 ‘Universal Soldier’
The only thing you can expect from a film called ‘Universal Soldier’, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, is powerful action and as few yawns as possible. And that’s exactly what Roland Emmerich gets. Popcorn show as predictable as it is effective, as irrelevant as it is fun, as functional as it is solvent. In short: ‘Universal Soldier’ is exactly the kind of movie it sounds like. And a transition is always better than an irreparable failure.
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And is that, no matter how fond you are, this first installment, in strictly plot terms, was still a great nonsense that, yes, served as a the most perfect of excuses to justify the waste of shots, chases and shootings. Emmerich, fully aware of the opportunity, took advantage of it. And its protagonist, Jean-Claude Van Damme, even more so.
Too bad that the inevitable sequels (very) rarely have reached the bar that has been shaped by the best moments of this first episode, thus forming a saga reserved exclusively for Lovers of the craziest action and, of course, of the aforementioned Van Damme. Eye, there are not a few.
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