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Universal Soldier: The Return
EMAILPRINTSony Pictures Entertainment

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Adventure
Written by:
William Malone
John Fasano
(characters) Richard Rothstein
Christopher Leitch
Directed by: Mic Rodgers
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 20, 1999
DVD: December 28, 1999
Running Time: 82 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for nonstop strong violence, and for language and nudity
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai-White, Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Karis Bryant, and Kiana Tom
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 controlling the Soldiers, becomes discontent and takes over a la HAL, Luc is the only one who can battle this team of deadly warriors and save the human race.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Sleek...This is one "return" that's surely welcome.
TNT RoughCut Matt Kelsey
This testosterone-fest even features a battle inside a strip bar replete with topless women. Talk about your guilty pleasures.
Variety Joe Leydon
Lightning fails to strike twice -- an underwhelming follow-up to one of the career-stalled action star's better efforts.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Must have been slapped together fast: live-action stunts created by uninspired editing lead up to computer-generated imagery that's just as lame.
Read Full Review >New York Post Rod Dreher
The Return is about bullets, bombs and boobs - the biggest boob being Van Damme, natch, but there are also mammaries aplenty.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Betsy Sherman
Devoid of personality and has an annoying gratuitous sentimental streak.
Read Full Review >Film.com Sean Means
Slow-moving and violent mess...feels slow even at a scant 82 minutes...Even by the slack standards of Van Damme's oeuvre, "The Return" is a letdown.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Russel Smith
Lame, mindless dialogue makes Wing Commander seem Cukoresque by comparison.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Noggin Knife gave it a5:
I think Bill Goldberg is a good addition to the movie 'cuz he's lean and mean and fits the part very well. All the other parts can be thrown out.
Stan gave it a 10:
One of the best movies ever!!!
The Gilbert Mulroneycakes Fayre gave it a 0:
Who keeps watching these things? They wouldn't keep making them if people didn't keep watching them, so who the hell is it?
Sasha G. gave it a 0:
OMG this is one of the worst movies ever!
Felipe Dog gave it a 10:
Best ever!
