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  • 1999
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Luc Deveraux (Van Damme), who has survived his experiences as a Universal Soldier, recovered, and is now retired and working as a technical advisor on a government project to revive and improve the Universal Soldier training program, creating stronger, smarter and more versatile cyborg Soldiers. When S.E.T.H., the supercomputer control...

Directed By: Mic Rodgers

Written By: Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch, Dean Devlin, William Malone, John Fasano

  • 1999
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

Universal Soldier: The Return

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
24
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings
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Summary Luc Deveraux (Van Damme), who has survived his experiences as a Universal Soldier, recovered, and is now retired and working as a technical advisor on a government project to revive and improve the Universal Soldier training program, creating stronger, smarter and more versatile cyborg Soldiers. When S.E.T.H., the supercomputer control...

Directed By: Mic Rodgers

Written By: Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch, Dean Devlin, William Malone, John Fasano

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
24
14% Positive
2 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
79% Negative
11 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
24
14% Positive
2 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
79% Negative
11 Reviews

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80
Sleek...This is one "return" that's surely welcome.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
59
Engagingly silly sub-"Moonlighting"-style banter.
By Kevin Maynard FULL REVIEW
30
Must have been slapped together fast: live-action stunts created by uninspired editing lead up to computer-generated imagery that's just as lame.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
25
The Return is about bullets, bombs and boobs - the biggest boob being Van Damme, natch, but there are also mammaries aplenty.
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20
Custom-made for an audience of mouth-breathers.
By Tom Keogh FULL REVIEW
10
A mind-numbing exercise in high body counts and big tits.
By Paul Malcolm FULL REVIEW
0
Lame, mindless dialogue makes Wing Commander seem Cukoresque by comparison.
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Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings
4.3
22% Positive
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
8 Ratings
53% Negative
17 Ratings

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Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings
4.3
22% Positive
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
8 Ratings
53% Negative
17 Ratings

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Production Company TriStar Pictures, Baumgarten-Prophet Entertainment, IndieProd Company Productions, Long Road Entertainment
Release Date Aug 20, 1999
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating R
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Tagline Prepare to become obsolete
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/universal-soldier-the-return.11459/
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