Universal Soldier: A New Beginning

Synopsis

When a team of former Soviet radicals seizes Chernobyl and threatens to unleash a lethal cloud of radioactive gas one hundred times deadlier than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, the US military brings in a bio-mechanically enhanced super soldier, Luc Deveraux, to foil the plot. As Deveraux fights his way into the plant, he faces off with his now revived former nemesis, Andrew Scott, and a newly ‘updated’ Next Generation Unisol, in a battle of battles, and must save the day.

Official Site: www.sonypictures.com

Singapore Release Date: 28th January 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 97 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski

Crew: Director (John Hyams), Producer (Craig Baumgarten, Mark Damon, Moshe Diamant), Music (Michael Krassner), Cinematography (Peter Hyams) and Editing (Jason Gallagher, John Hyams)

The Trailer

The Review

Well the sixth movie in the Universal Soldier series finally got it right.

The first one was a classic, the rest was forgettable, and hopefully the last one for the series, Universal Soldier: A New Beginning was well delivered.

Finally there’s some closure, and let’s hope it put this series to rest, it’s long overdue.

The choice in Andrei “Pit Bull” Arlovski was excellent, he’s made for the role of a cold blooded cyborg killer.

It’s good he didn’t have any lines anyway, it made the character larger than life, and convincing.

And the return of the two former star in the Universal Soldier series, Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme, well they’re still deadpan stiff in the acting department.

You got your usual grunt, thousand-yard stare, eyebrow acting, that’s the best the duo could do.

The only thing to look forward to in the movie is the fighting scenes. It was raw, it was power, it was exhilarating.

Forget about the silly plot, don’t be a critic tonight, and enjoy your popcorn.

The Good

• The fights was well done
• Explosive start to the movie!

The Bad

• Movie pace comes to a crawl in the second half of the film
• This is no classic, the lines were cheesy and acting was bad

Editor’s Ratings