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Soldier
Film
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Universal Soldier
Directed by Roland Emmerich
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past. From TMDB
195 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
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Universal Soldier is a 1992 thriller action science fiction film, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ally Walker.
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60 of 195 · most liked firstgood movie and a mostly bad franchise until UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING, which is a masterpiece
neutral · AI labelView post →completely forgot I wrote about Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning once, I've definitely never shared this here before. an extremely underrated action movie, and one of my personal favorites.
positive · AI labelView post →didn't think I'd ever get to see Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning on the big screen, but Big Bad Film Fest made it happen - followed by a Q&A with filmmaker John Hyams moderated by @brndnstrssng.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie you're thinking of is the amazing art film Universal Soldier starring the superb actors Jean Claude Van Damme, and Dolph Lundgren.
positive · AI labelView post →Someone's going to do an amazing edit of every film Matt Damon has ever been in to show he is the Universal Soldier, trapped in an endless cycle of wars to be lost and found, killer and victim. Never ending. The Forever Warrior.
neutral · AI labelView post →dirt cheap action horror thriller film with the best scariest Army Guys i've seen since Universal Soldier Day of Reckoning
positive · AI labelView post →And while I'm at it it's time to once again brag that I wrote the world's first positive review of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION. A movie that fulfilled the prophecy that DTV action sequels could be great art.
positive · AI labelView post →I recommend watching the first Universal Soldier, then Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. one could probably muddle through without the first movie, and maybe without Regeneration too, but Regeneration is good and the context is nice. avoid all other sequels.
positive · AI labelView post →TIL there's a 1971 movie called Universal Soldier. No relation to the Van Damme epic. It stars George Lazenby, who co-wrote the script. It was filmed in an "improvisational style" and features Lazenby's musings on discovering yoga. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #92 "Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning" (John Hyams/2012) Awesome hardcore horror adjacent action film packed to the brim with exquisite violence, fights and a stacked cast! You really need to check this one out.
positive · AI labelView post →I actually wrote about Day of Reckoning a few years ago. probably not wise to read this if you haven't seen it yet, but I think you can tell from the header image alone that it's VERY different from the first Universal Soldier film.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite first-time film watches (non-new releases) of 2025: Presumed Innocent Alison’s Birthday Universal Soldier Tombstone Spartan Kill Me Again The Verdict To Die For The Boys From Brazil I, Madman Copycat A Thousand and One Rye Lane Cure Link Safe
neutral · AI labelView post →Where my head is at on JCVD vehicles right now. I really need to see Sudden Death and Maximum Risk and a few others. And revisit Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning - though if memory serves that’s really more of a Scott Adkins movie. Is that right?
neutral · AI labelView post →CYBORG SOLDIER (2008, DVD, #film) UNIVERSAL SOLDIER remade as a chaste Hallmark Channel Original. You'll realize it's Secret Christian Entertainment before the first action sequence finally arrives. Some UFC guy does Blandbot, Bruce Greenwood cashes a check, and Tiffani Thiessen is... good? Huh! 🫡🇨🇦
negative · AI labelView post →#Watched Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) - finally decided to run the UniSol series, which, man, it’s confusing, there are three separate conflicting sequel timelines following the original movie, like choosing which fanfic follows Return of the Jedi - Dark Empire, Thrawn, or Rey. /1
neutral · AI labelView post →the Universal Soldier movies aren't worth watching after the first film -- until John Hyams (son of Peter Hyams) steps in and takes some big, wild, ultra-violent swings with Regeneration and Day of Reckoning. DoR is a bonkers DTV actioner with nods to Blade Runner, Frankenstein, Noé, etc.
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Universal Soldier (1992 Roland Emmerich) This movie is so dope! Been such a long time. Seem to remember a lot of JCVD with no clothes on, which is being quickly justified as a correct memory.
positive · AI labelView post →Reading Adam Wingard shit on “Universal Soldier” and then call his new movie an elevated B movie lowkey bums me out. Just two very specific things that hit right on a nerve for me. Anyway, someone should get him to watch the John Hyams sequels. letterboxd.com/journal/adam...
neutral · AI labelView post →UNIVERSAL SOLDIER (1992, Paramount+, #film) Two bodybuilders (and their veneers) fighting in 'Nam come to blows, get Robocopped, and go haywire for an amiable, explodey 102 minutes. Solid basics and a game cast carry it despite a plodding edit and limp score. It's OK! h/t: @x1237valr.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →If you watch only one Van Damme movie, watch Universal Soldier. But you'll want more than that, and it so happens that two of them are worth your time - Time Cop and Bloodsport!
positive · AI labelView post →Rambo? Terminator 2? Universal Soldier? Basic Instinct? Stargate? Which Carelco Pictures #film was your favorite? 🎬 Our discussion 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/1eUj... #podcast #nostalgia
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to roll my eyes at people who called this movie Lynchian, then I watched it and I was like damn this direct-to-video Universal Soldier sequel is Lynchian as fuck
positive · AI labelView post →“Does this film have any clearly defined, recognizable iconic imagery?” “Yes, sir” “Ok, well don’t use that then. And don’t forget to use a typeface that makes it look like the fifth Universal Soldier sequel.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently the movie Universal Soldier (1971), starring George Lazenby’s mustache with George Lazenby in a supporting role, isn’t very good. Which is a shame, because that mustache could’ve been a star if it had made more than one film appearance. This man’s business is weapons!
negative · AI labelView post →Those who follow John Hyams movies may remember that Van Damme wanted to star in a SMASHING MACHINE remake. That was before UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION if I remember right. That would've been a different movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Universal Soldier: Regeneration This was pretty good. Would have been a great sequel to the OG Universal Soldier if we hadn't already had a bunch of shitty ones. Don't think I quite hold this in as high esteem as some of my mutuals, but was a damn fine movie. Here's Dolph and JCVD duking it out.
positive · AI labelView post →Couldn't find a suitable Saturday Night Action Movie on streamers to watch with the wife, so I did what any responsible person would do in a situation like that - took one of SCOTT ADKINS' best movies off my self to introduce her to UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING. A criminally underseen movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I am totally checked out of this, awful film. You know what isn't an awful film? Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Now that's a quality picture, borderline art-house straight to DVD action flick that gets bleak and weird. I could be watching that instead.
positive · AI labelView post →The gulf between expection and result is perhaps widest with Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012). Revolutionizing the eastern European action movie of the time with....
neutral · AI labelView post →To make myself feel better, I'm gonna watch a Van Damme movie (Universal Soldier). Like Hasselhoff and Shatner music, it's so bad, it's good and makes me happy. I will not be taking questions
neutral · AI labelView post →at the end of MISSION TO MARS on opening night I said, loudly, "worst movie I've ever seen" and the theater applauded (UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 2 is *worse* but it doesn't have a funny story to go with it)
negative · AI labelView post →I have fond memories of *Universal Soldier* because my buddy knew the projectionist showing the movie and I fancied her
neutral · AI labelView post →last night was a fucking assault of Campus Code (weird nepobaby film by martin scorsese's daughter) fucking Ryan's Babe (of redlettermedia fame. it's like if the odyssey was canadian and filled with more piss), and Universal Soldier: The Return (jean-claude van damme film. excellent closer).
positive · AI labelView post →Christmas Day and my sons are watching Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. I’m not sure it qualifies as a Christmas film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The direct to video model could also be fun sometimes because after enough sequels, once in a while you got a director saying “screw it, let’s do something really weird” like that last Universal Soldier movie
positive · AI labelView post →THE MARATHON BEGINS -- yes, we watched and reviewed all six films! Stay tuned! #UniversalSoldier #90smovies #cultmovies
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the Onslaught movie trailer. That's Universal Soldier. As a slasher? And the soldiers are the unequivocal baddies? Ok, now I'm interested.
positive · AI labelView post →"What if Universal Soldier was a slasher movie?" - Adam Wingard Okay you son of a bitch yeah I am in
positive · AI labelView post →Universal Soldier (1992) is the most anime aesthetic live action American film of the 90s outside of actual anime adaptations
neutral · AI labelView post →Universal Soldier is a stellar movie, I’ll never not love it
positive · AI labelView post →I remember a Vietnam movie where someone wore an ear necklace, I guess it was Universal Soldier, where Dolph Lundgren wore one.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was asking myself why I hated the movie Universal Soldier so much but then I learned Roland Emmerich directed it. So that’s why I hated it.
negative · AI labelView post →NEW EPISODE. Continuing Schlockuary we watch UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING, a movie that's about memory but also about whacking people with bats. ⚾🤜 @rowan.monster, @carlivelocci.com, and @maxrebosroadie.bsky.social are joined by @voellig.bsky.social Listen wherever you get podcasts!
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a disgraceful JCVD film (Universal Soldier: The Return). NB I haven't seen any others in the series
negative · AI labelView post →How has John not made another action movie since this one? I liked Alone and Sick, but action is really where he shines. His Universal Soldier movies are two of the greatest action films of all time.
positive · AI labelView post →I have fond memories of a *Universal Soldier* sequel because it was one of the weird movies we discovered randomly while away from home for academic-team tournaments.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah yes, *Parts: The Clonus Horror* (1979), *The Island* (2005) and probably at least one direct-to-DVD sequel to *Universal Soldier* (1992), who even keeps track of those
neutral · AI labelView post →From a 1920s lifesaver for Route 66 travelers to ruins blown up for a movie set (Universal Soldier), Cool Springs Station is the ultimate Arizona comeback story. Now beautifully restored, its iconic stone pillars are a must-see for any Route 66 road trip. #route66 #travel #history #getyourkicks
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite movie collections of mine include The Planet of the Apes, Highlander, Tremors and Universal Soldier movies...
positive · AI labelView post →#Bales2025FilmChallenge / #Bales2025MovieChallenge #FilmSky May 13 – Testosterone 🎞️ UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 📋 letterboxd.com/film/univers...
neutral · AI labelView post →Universal Soldier (1992) Week 5 of the #zombiesteve52 challenge. This week 90s Action! I worked for this movie but never really sat down to watch it. #filmsky #moviesky #nowwatching
neutral · AI labelView post →I respect the hustle of this movie in which it uses the Cyberdyne shootout from T2: Judgement Day and the final chase from Universal Soldier without any shame at all
neutral · AI labelView post →Last repost: Even fucking Universal Soldier: The Return, which is an extremely dumb movie, established the Killer AI had a ticking timebomb of its own in terms of maintenance killing it. UniSol figured that out, and it was a dumb as rocks movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →With the 1999 theatrical Universal Soldier sequel rendering the 2 TV movie sequels(riffed by Rifftrax) non canon and the 2009 film rendering the 1999 one non canon, we are into at least 3 different continuities now. Which is at least 2 continuities too many.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the kind of policy that someone would come up with if their favorite movie was Universal Soldier
neutral · AI labelView post →Willem's point that these movies should be B-Tier but the money essentially bloats them into being more than that is bang on, especially the point it would have just been a random 90s action movie that didn't cost so much. My first thoughts were funny enough TimeCop and Universal Soldier.
neutral · AI labelView post →One thing I enjoyed about Universal Soldier: The Return is there are like three real actors in the movie including JCVD and it really stands out in a movie directed by a guy who has never directed movies before.
positive · AI labelView post →I cannot stress enough how good Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is. Jean Claude Van Damme thinks he's Brando in a Lynch film. It works!
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah, TERMINATOR is probably the better film/franchise, but it's BAFFLING to me to write off UNIVERSAL SOLDIER as a rip off when it's clearly doing VERY different things, and shares so little similarity in premise, themes, and execution. C'mon.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 23rd anniversary this month, Universal Soldier! Hard to believe, but thanks to everyone who continues to support this film after so many years. Here’s a fun behind-the-scene Polaroid of Veronica to celebrate!
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