Hey ya'll longtime reader and big fan of the site; I finally made an account just to give my first and probably last review which is Strong>Universal Soldier: Regeneration.
Let me start by saying that everything about this movie is super great (well at least to me anyway). From the wonderful power plant type location to the blade runner inspired score. Jean Claude Van Damme (Luc Deveraux) and Dolph Lindgren (Andrew Scott) both do some of there best acting performances ever in this movie, you really feel sorry for them and their current predicament. And yes these guys are hella old but they're really believable in their own roles. Also that other guy gives an astonishingly menacing performance as well; I forget his name, something the pit bull something.
Lastly you can't review an action film without talking about the action, the film itself is low budget but that doesn’t stop it from being kick ass (that word is really played out), anyways there’s a action sequence were Luc Deveraux runs through a horde of bad people, all trying to shoot and blow him up, of course they fail but the scene was well done, you can tell that the director, cinematographer, etc much like the whole movie put tremendous effort into it. That’s another thing that’s great about this film, the bad people aren’t really bad, at some points Van Damme’s character seemed like the bad guy instead of the hero and that just adds another layer to the movie which is a definite plus.
The movie does end with the possibility of a next installment but I hope they don’t make another because van damme’s character (somewhat spoiler), though his future is uncertain it does have a sense of closure.
Hoped ya'll enjoyed the review and at the very least I hope it encourages those of you who haven’t seen it to rent it at a red box or borrow it from a friend or something.