5.9
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
The best soldier they ever created just became their worst nightmare.
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence. The peace is broken as the new soldiers land on the planet to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.
Kurt RussellTodd 3465
Jason Scott LeeCaine 607
Jason IsaacsColonel Mekum
Connie NielsenSandra
Sean PertweeMace
Gary BuseyChurch
Michael ChiklisJimmy Pig
Sara PaxtonAngie
K.K. DoddsSloan
James BlackRiley
Mark De AlessandroGoines
Vladimir OrlovRomero
Corbin BleuJohnny
Wyatt RussellTodd - Age 11
Mark BringelsonRubrick
Carsten NørgaardGreen
Duffy GaverChelsey
Paul DillonSlade
Khristian LupoSoldier (uncredited)
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This is not a masterpiece, but it is a solid action-movie with a fantastic protagonist and a lovely premise and plot. The staging is hokey at points, but it looks good enough, the characters are engaging and the action punchy. Kurt of course steals the show completely, and the character has a great arc. This is well-directed and deserves more credit than it got when it was released.
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