zhankristo I've been a Van Damme fan since I can't remember and while I do understand why critics may be harsh on him as an actor or his movies, it is not hard to get why he has such a ''cult following'', his movies are fun, simple and entertaining. Universal Soldier may be the best of his golden era. A movie that has everything you need in an action flick: a little drama, humor, cool car chases and of course the action itself. Even thou the main event is the clash between Luc and Sargent Scott, a character like Veronica Roberts still manages to stay in the spotlight, making her to this day one of my favorite female characters in an action movie. This is always a safe choice for me when I'm feeling nostalgic.

Aleksandar Sarkic Early 90's decade was most known for action and martial arts movies, they were very popular also here on the Balkans and i still remember how on television they just played movies with Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Seagal, Chuck Norris and others, our television channels still time to time play this kind of movies. I am admitting when i was a kid i really enjoyed action movies, i am still enjoying them time to time, when i want to relax and not to think of hard themes i always find something in this sphere to watch or rewatch, so these days i started to rewatch early movies with Jean Claude Van Damme. Of this early Van Damme flicks, Universal Soldier is most known of them. But in my opinion the worst one. I really enjoy campy and cheesy movies but this one, has nothing of that, it is just totally brainless and even the action sequences are badly done. And you also have one of the most annoying companion i have ever seen on movie, actress Ally Walker, i hoped she will die in some part of the movie but no she is there till the end. But when you see that this one is directed by one of the worst directors in history of cinema Roland Emmerich than everything is clear. I only give this movie the rate 3/10 because of the scene with Van Damme eating a tons of food in the drive-in, i laughed so hard, so stupid but funny. Watch this movie if you are only die hard Van Damme fan and because of the scene i mentioned, on another hand skip it.

classicsoncall Right around the time this movie came out in 1992 Image Comics was forming, and it wouldn't surprise me if any number of their titles were influenced by "Universal Soldier". I'm thinking of books like 'Youngblood' and 'Brigade', having team members that were mechanically or biologically enhanced for super-human strength and endurance.The psychobabble reason offered for the Unisols had to do with hyper accelerating the bodies of dead people back to a state of living tissue. To my thinking, dead is dead, so the concept didn't really make sense to me, but I did like Dr. Gregor's (Jerry Orbach) explanation of 'regressive traumatic recall' as the trauma inflicted at the time of death. What might have helped here would have been to get some of the old time horror film scientists on board with a workable premise, guys like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff or Lionel Atwill. They would have come up with something brilliant.Fans of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren ought to have a pretty good time with this one if all you're looking for is some mindless, escapist and over the top action. It appeared Pepsi went for the big bucks to shut out Coca-Cola for product placement in the film, their logo was all over the place. Watching this back in the Nineties would have put the viewer right smack dab in the middle of the Now Generation.What I got a kick out of were the subtle attempts at humor like the diner breakfast scene and Ronnie Roberts (Ally Walker) giving GR44 (Van Damme) the once over looking for a small hidden object. Hint - it's probably something hard.Well look, it's not brain science or rocket surgery, but the picture moves along at a pretty good clip, and even the odds defying elements of the story have their place. If after watching you come away dissatisfied, I guess you could settle into one of those specially rigged lab chairs and grab a shot of that memory clearance formula. Sounds like it would do just the trick.

Maziun *SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERS*SPOILERSThis is REALLY poor man's "Robocop" or "Terminator" , with no sense of style , substance , intelligence or fun that appear in those classic science fiction movies. Directed and written by Roland Emmerich - one of the worst movie makers in history - what could you expect ? The fact that for some people this is a great classic action movie really tells you about their bad taste and questionable intelligence.The story has no depth or humanity . Unlike Murphy's story in "Robocop" it doesn't go anywhere . The Lundgren character could have been a tragic one instead he is wasted as one dimensional villain. Don't also expect any substance here. The story is just a excuse for the action scenes. If this was a B class movie , the whole cheesy story could be made with irony and for fun. It could have been a cult movie. Unfortunately this trash takes itself TOO SERIOUSLY from the beginning to the end. It is an incredibly grim film with no sense of humor - in it or about itself. And it is dumb - even for an action movie. A great action movies also have sometimes dumb moments , but there is a thin line between acceptable mistakes and pure idiocy. Few examples of complete disregard for audience intelligence : - Universal soldiers are SECRET weapons of US army , so they are traveling in special plane and truck that even blind would see -Universal soldiers can hit a guy people in the head from 500 meters with a silenced pistol, but miss the hero when they shoot him with machine guns at five meters range. - Universal soldiers move slower than zombies , yet underwater they can swim faster than a man can run and NOT get their clothes wet ! - Universal soldiers are sensitive to heat , so they are wearing padded jackets - A journalist simply walks in the secret military complex - Van Damme would rather steal an used car than army truck - Army leaves a truck with no protection at all - Lundgren knows in which car EXACTLY he should hide -Van Damme can't remember how to eat , but he knows how to buy a bus ticketThe acting is rather bad. Ally Walker is just awful as the cliché independent journalist . Van Damme is tolerable as man child with Pinocchio complex . Lundgren is not bad as the villain/killing machine). He brings some joy to this train wreck.Emmerich's direction is terrible , completely flat , failing to create even a speck of tension or excitement. The final fight is terribly cliché. The humor is clumsy and cringe worthy , worthy of a village moron. Avoid it . It's a total trash only for action movie junkies. I give it 2/10.