Universal soldier

 

Year of release : 1992

 

Run time : 1h44min

 

Genre : Sci Fi / Action

 

Cast : Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker

 

Directed by : Roland Emmerich

 

 

In Vietnam 1969, private Deveraux discovers his team and the whole Vietnamese village they were supposed to secure, slaughtered. Talking to sergeant Scott,he realizes the man lost his minds and went homicidal against everyone,cutting his victim's ears off,wearing them as jewelry.

The two fight,and kill each other.

The American forces arrive,and take the corpses of the two,and the rest, labeling them as missing in action.

 

In present day,1992, the American government uses a team of super soldiers known as 'unisols' , as in,universal soldiers, to fight crime. Their skills are shown in a first action scene,in which they stop a terrorist organization who wanted to blow up the Hoover Dam.

 

Right after, we are shown that the soldiers are genetically augmented, memories erased after each mission,and kept at below zero degrees to heal! Even the ones shot dead are brought back to life!

 

A journalist who was fired due to the fact she's always late, wants to see what's going on with the unit,as the colonel refused to give any statements. She finds all this out,and being sent to deal with her and her partner, Deveraux ends up rescuing her, as Scott k!lls her partner.

 

Deveraux's memories keep coming back, and it's obvious Scott's memories are coming back also, as he is caught in the same mind set he had in Vietnam, believing everyone a traitor who needs to be k!lled.

 

Now,Deveraux is trying to keep the journalist alive,as Scott is hot on their tracks.

 

This was one of my favorite movies growing up. Watching it last night , for the first time, it gave me strong Terminator vibes,and fun fact, the producer, Mario Kassar, worked on Terminator 2,as well as on Basic Instinct, Rambo 2 and 3!

 

The movie was funny,it had good action scenes.

The acting was fine.

I don't remember the soundtrack,but since it didn't bother me,it was fine.

 

The movie is streaming on DirecTv, Fubo Tv, Paramount+ Showtime, Showtime, Showtime Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, and is for rent or sale on Amazon, Apple, Google, YouTube.

 

 Rating : Worth a watch !