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Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)

Directed by John Hyams

Action

Most recently watched by sleestakk, noahphex, seanCduregger

Overview

When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world’s only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation “UniSol” that seems almost unstoppable.

Rated R | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme | Dolph Lundgren | Andrei Arlovski | Mike Pyle | Corey Johnson | Garry Cooper | Emily Joyce | Zahary Baharov | Aki Avni | Kerry Shale | Yonko Dimitrov | Violeta Markovska | Stanislav Pishtalov | Marianne Stanicheva | John Laskowski | Kris Van Damme | Franklin A. Vallette | Shelly Varod | Radina Kardjilova | Trayan Milenov-Troy | Jon Foo | Danko Jordanov | Dian Hristov | Stephen Chang | Dimitar Ilkov | Dimiter Doichinov | Velizar Peev

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

After watching the fantastic Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, I had to go back and watch Regeneration. Regeneration is a more straightforward story but shares the low-key, dark, menacing tone of Reckoning.

These are not your typical action movies filled with the typical action cliches. They’re surreal, well-shot, and the violence is stark and brutal. It’s criminal that they seem to have gone relatively unnoticed by general audiences.

I still find myself comparing Hyams’ two Universal Soldier movies to Panos Cosmatos’ Beyond The Black Rainbow. Though completely different movies, they share a certain tone and similarly dark, brooding soundtracks.

I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more work by John Hyams.

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