Review of Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) by Cong N — 10 Sep 2010

Universal Soldier: Regeneration is the third film in the Universal Soldier feature film series.(No I'am not counting the crappy T.V. ones that were made"). It is directed by John Hyams with the screenplay written by Victor Ostrovsky. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, who both reprise their roles from the first film as well MMA figters Andrei Arlovski and Mike Pyle.

After the events in the second film, a group of terrorists led by General Boris (Aki Avni) kidnap the Russian prime minister's son and daughter and hold them hostage, demanding the release of their comrades within 72 hours. In addition, they have taken over the crippled Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and threaten to detonate it if their demands are not met. It is revealed that among the ranks of the terrorists is a Next-Generation UniSol (NGU) (Andrei Arlovski), who was smuggled in by rogue scientist Dr. Colin (Kerry Shale). U.S. forces bring in troops at the plant, but quickly retreat when the four UniSols revived for this mission are systematically eliminated by the NGU. Meanwhile, former UniSol Luc Devereaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), who is being rehabilitated in Switzerland by Dr. Sandra Fleming (Emily Joyce) to rejoin society, is taken back by the military to participate in the mission. As the deadline nears its expiration, the prime minister announces the release of 110 prisoners. The terrorists rejoice and shut off their bomb. Dr. Colin, however, is not pleased with the outcome, as he feels his side of the business is not done. As the NGU is programmed not to harm the terrorists, Dr. Colin unleashes his second UniSol: a cloned and upgraded version of Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) - Devereaux's former nemesis.

For a direct-to-DVD movie, this was quite entertaining. Great film. It was great seeing Van Damme and Dolph together again. Although he didn't do much talking thought Andrei Arlovski did good and so did Mike Pyle. This movie bought me back to the early 90's, I always say some of the action stars today ain't as good as the oldtimers were back then, and this film kinda got that feeling. Thumbs Up to JCVD, you keep making them we will watch. Great action flick the way there suppose to be!!!!!