Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

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  • Opened November 30, 2012 
  • 1 hr 33 min
  • R | Brutal bloody violence throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 17+. More on child suitability

  • John (Adkins) wakes up from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army of genetically enhanced warriors led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew Scott (Lundgren), John discovers more about himself and begins to call into question everything he believed to be true. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Andrei Arlovski, Dolph Lundgren, Mariah Bonner
  • Director: John Hyams
  • Genres: Action/Adventure

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by jordaneverett

I was very disappointed in this movie. I love the first Universal Soldier but this one let me down. I was so hyped up about this movie but the fact that Van Damme was barely in the movie really...

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The Best of the Universal Soldier Series!

by jcvdfan83

I saw this movie on Charter On Demand in October and this movie was alot different from the other movies in the series! its honestly not what you will expect in a Universal Soldier movie. With a...

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New York Post
| Kyle Smith

An intensity of purpose and a patient, suspenseful directing style make the B-movie Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning superior to most of the big-budget action films I've seen lately. Read full review

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Playing like a mash-up between "Enter the Void" and "The Raid," Day of Reckoning is an uncommonly assured slice of bargain bin cinema, as arresting to watch as it is impossible to comprehend. Read full review

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Time Out New York
| Keith Uhlich

It's almost worth wading through the wearisome setup to get to the fun stuff. But there is a reason fast-forward buttons were invented. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Frank Scheck

Say what you will about the confused narrative, blatant borrowings and wildly over-the-top gory violence of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning -- at least you can see what the hell is going on. Read full review

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A scene from "Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning."