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[strafer]

Looks like a lot of fun.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski and Dolph Lundgren star in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING, which ups the ante in the UNIVERSAL SOLDIER series, giving you more hard-hitting, bloody, no-holds-barred fighting action.

John (Adkins, The Expendables 2) wakes up from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army of genetically enhanced warriors led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew Scott (Lundgren), John discovers more about himself and begins to call into question everything he believed to be true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frfr-0bsfsQ

 

[Discotheque]

Oh shit Scott Adkins is in this too? The last Universal Soldier had some amazing fight choreography.

 

[FallingEdge]

Can't wait. UniSol 3 was fantastic. This is looking great as well.

 

[shuri]

Yep, the last one was obviously B-grade and low budget, but very entertaining.

 

[Ultima_5]

stoked. so happy van damme seems to be having a resurgence

 

[knkng]

It's playing at the Toronto After Dark festival later in October, incase anybody is in or around the city at that time.

 

[SJRB]

Bald JcvD looks badass as hell, he looks AWESOME.

Lundgren looks amazing too by the way.

 

[Plasticine]

Van Damme as a villain. Dolph chewing some scenery. Scott Adkins kicking some ass. The Pitbull back. Yeah, sign me up for this.

 

[BigDes]

Didn't Lundgren already die again in 3?

 

[TheKaeptain]

I'm in

 

[Tom_Cody]

WTF. This has strait-to-dvd production values written all over it. And not even high level strait-to-dvd. Shouldn't they have been able to gather a bit more money based on the buzz of the Expendables franchise?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

There is only one Universal Soldier.

Spoiler

I need ice!

 

[FallingEdge]

WTF. This has strait-to-dvd production values written all over it. And not even high level strait-to-dvd. Shouldn't they have been able to gather a bit more money based on the buzz of the Expendables franchise?

Have you seen UniSol3? Watch it. Good stuff.

 

[ReBurn]

I'll pay money to see this.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Have you seen UniSol3? Watch it. Good stuff.

Nope.

Maybe I'll check it out one of these days.

 

[pestul]

Red band trailer is out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hGGgwXZuc

Looks gritty and awesome.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Red band trailer is out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hGGgwXZuc

Looks gritty and awesome.

Enter the Universal Void Soldier.

Luvverly.

 

[Kinyou]

Red band trailer is out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hGGgwXZuc

Looks gritty and awesome.

That trailer makes it look like some arthouse film

 

[glaurung]

Saw it on Russian VoD.

It is horrible.

 

[Ken Masters]

Damn, I don't care about this Adkins guy, I was hoping JCVD would be the focal point

 

[Alex Connolly]

Saw it on Russian VoD.

It is horrible.

Pack it up, lads. Shame.

 

[marrec]

Who asked for this?

 

[Endo Punk]

I enjoyed the last one but this just looks so uninspired.

 

[PoweredBySoy]

Who asked for this?

Awesome people like me.

 

[Chinner]

so is van damme playing the same acharacter or a new character or something why is he bad

 

[BattleMonkey]

So is this supposed to be in some form of continuity or they just starting over? Lundgren has been killed twice, and now leading an army of Unisols with Van Damme in the unit? Sounds like they aren't even bothering anymore.

 

[Munin]

That trailer makes it look like some arthouse film

It is apparently pretty artsy, yes. Just like it's predecessor, Regeneration, which was fantastic. Here's a positive review from Indiewire:

Fast and Furious 'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Is One of the Best Action Movies of the Year

Another positive one from Twitch:

As if Hyams had not taken enough ballsy liberties with the property already, the final half-hour of the film goes headlong into - of all things - Apocalypse Now territory, with Deveraux emerging as a mysterious, almost God-like Kurtz figure, who exists right at the end of John's journey down the river to confront his very own heart of darkness. To essentially have Jean Claude Van Damme usurp Marlon Brando, complete with bald head and face paint, seems too ridiculous to conceive, let alone voluntarily employ in a Universal Soldier movie - but in this increasingly deranged universe it somehow holds together.

 

[gabbo]

Gaspar Noe must have been on board as an advisor, going from the trailer

 

[sans_pants]

looks like this trailer represents more of the tone of regeneration. which is cool as hell

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Looks amazing, despite the seizures people will get from that red band trailer.

Looks so goddamn dark. I'm all in.

 

[Traumnovelle]

Hyams > Emmerich

 

[agrajag]

Was that Andrei Arlovski in it?

 

[Lion Heart]

I get the feeling Van Damme is barely in this. I'll check it out though.

 

[Liquidsnake]

Quietly John Hyams is putting together a nice little resume, while getting some great experience.

 

[Munin]

Quietly John Hyams is putting together a nice little resume, while getting some great experience.

Wouldn't surprise me if he was drafted for an A-list Hollywood movie sooner or later. Regeneration was amazingly well directed, though I suppose his dad lent a hand here or there.

 

[pants]

Expendables, sure I'll give you guys that it's a great celebration of times past. This? Nah son.

 

[FallingEdge]

Expendables, sure I'll give you guys that it's a great celebration of times past. This? Nah son.

Have you seen UniSol3? I think it is one of JCVD's best films.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Have you seen UniSol3? I think it is one of JCVD's best films.

Lets not get crazy. It was a crappy movie with shoe string budget that looked it, but it did have some redeeming great action scenes. But best JCVD? Nah

 

[Carbonox]

I want to see this.

 

[FallingEdge]

Lets not get crazy. It was a crappy movie with shoe string budget that looked it, but it did have some redeeming great action scenes. But best JCVD? Nah

Well not the best, but I still think that it is one of his better movies.

 

[Jackpot]

Lets not get crazy. It was a crappy movie with shoe string budget that looked it, but it did have some redeeming great action scenes.

This minus the great action scenes. I even prefer the UniSol sequels that replaced JCVD to it.

 

[nashb81]

Adkins really should be making Undisputed 4.

 

[Liquidsnake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hGGgwXZuc&feature=player_embedded

Red Band trailer.

This is a real trailer jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give John Hyams some real money.

 

[Liquidsnake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hGGgwXZuc&feature=player_embedded

Red Band trailer.

This is a real trailer jesus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Give John Hyams some real money.

Hello!!!!!!!!

 

[black_13]

Honestly Regeneration was great. I'm not even a fan of these direct to dvd releases but it had real good gritty action.

The trailer for this looks pretty different in a good way. I'll check it out. Van Dam pulls off the crazy bald look well.

 

[Jackpot]

Hello!!!!!!!!

What?

 

[CommonSense]

Van Damme? Fuck yes will be there day one!

 

[Az]

Will watch just for JCVD. Also, Scott Adkins is awesome.

 

[Liquidsnake]

What?

Red band man!

 

[Jackpot]

Red band man!

already posted.