Brand: Seville (Paradox)

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 02-02-2010

Details: Product Description When a team of former Soviet radicals seizes 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. ----- Tirant profit d’une technologie top secrète volée, des terroristes créent une nouvelle génération de soldats niversels – un guerrier modifié génétiquement pour devenir une machine à tuer programmable. Avec l’UniSol (Andrei « The PitBull » Arlovski, ancien champion poids lourd de l’UFC) à leur tête, ils s’emparent du réacteur nucléaire désaffecté de Tchernobyl, et menacent de relâcher un nuage radioactif mortel sur la population. Un seul soldat peut les arrêter : Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), un UniSol démobilisé depuis des années. Réactivé et réentraîné, Deveraux doit monter un assaut sur cette forteresse imprenable. Il y découvrira non pas un, mais deux combattants virtuellement indestructibles. Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren), l’UniSol rival de Deveraux du film original, a été secrètement réanimé et mis à niveau. Ces soldats d’élite sont réarmés et programmés pour tuer, et le destin de millions de personnes dépend de l’issue d’un combat brutal et sans merci. 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: French

Binding: Blu-ray

Item Condition: New