Brand: Sevilla (Paradox)

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 02-02-2010

Details: Product Description When a team of former Soviet radicals sixteen Chernobyl and threatens to unleash a lethal cloud of radioactive gas one hundred times deadlier than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, the US military brings in a bio-mechanically enhanced super soldier, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme ), to foil the plot. As Deveraux fights his way into the plant, he faces off with his now revived former nemesis, Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), and a newly 'updated' Next Generation Unisol (former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski), in a battle of battles, and must save the day. ----- Taking advantage of stolen top-secret technology, terrorists create a new generation of universal soldiers – a warrior genetically modified to become a programmable killing machine. Led by UniSol (former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei "The PitBull" Arlovski) at their head, they seize the disused Chernobyl nuclear reactor and threaten to release a deadly radioactive cloud on the population. Only one soldier can stop them: Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a UniSol who has been demobilized for years. Reactivated and retrained, Deveraux must mount an assault on this impregnable fortress. There he will discover not one, but two virtually indestructible fighters. Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), Deveraux's rival UniSol from the original film, has been secretly reanimated and upgraded. These elite soldiers are rearmed and programmed to kill, and the fate of millions depends on the outcome of a brutal and merciless fight. Amazon.ca Universal Soldier: Regeneration is a rare sequel that far outstrips the original. A small terrorist group seizes the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threatening to release a toxic cloud. A military squad is sent in--and decimated by a new and more lethal "UniSol" (played by former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski). Desperate, the American military forces the decommissioned UniSol Luc Devereaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) to revert back to a killing machine--even though the consequences to his damaged psyche could be severe… and dangerous. But the standard plot isn't what makes Universal Soldier: Regeneration so much better than its predecessors (incidentally, you don't need to see the earlier films to enjoy this one). The movie looks better (thanks in large part to superb cinematography by Peter Hyams, who directed Van Damme in Timecop); the script is skillfully written, with well-drawn characters and dialogue that actually sounds like human beings speaking; and the fighting, rather than being absurdly spectacular, is gritty and brutal--director John Hyams (Peter's son) has made documentaries about mixed martial arts fighters and clearly understands that real combat isn't about backflips and whirling kicks but vicious hitting. Van Damme has always had an odd vulnerability; he's a soulful action hero, and this sense of inner sadness lends a strange gravity to the stakes. Dolph Lundgren, who also repeats his previous role as a malevolent UniSol, gives a brief but unnerving performance. Universal Soldier: Regeneration is a gripping action thriller that sneaks in moral ambiguity and stealthy questions about free will--all in all, an unexpected and welcome pleasure. --Bret Fetzer

UPC: 774212103100

EAN: 0774212103100

Languages: English

Binding: Blu-ray

Item Condition: New