Universal Soldier: Regeneration

"Reanimated. Rearmed. The ultimate rematch"

2010 1h 37m EN

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★5.7TMDB · 515●70Metacritic★5.3IMDB · 27,076

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When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol" that seems almost unstoppable.

“Reanimated. Rearmed. The ultimate rematch”

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Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme
Luc Deveraux
Dolph Lundgren
Andrew Scott
Andrei Arlovski
NGU
Mike Pyle
Captain Kevin Burke
Corey Johnson
Coby
Garry Cooper
Doctor Porter
Emily Joyce
Dr. Sandra Fleming
Zahari Baharov
General Topov

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Hyams
Writers: Victor Ostrovsky
Languages: Bulgarian, English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $154M — a 11.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Bulgarian, English.

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ERA

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Part of the "Universal Soldier Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Hyams, shot by Peter Hyams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Hyams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren and Andrei Arlovski carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Reanimated. Rearmed. The ultimate rematch".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Hyams directs. Peter Hyams behind the camera. John Hyams cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Bulgarian, English.

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1Grossed $154M — a 11.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Bulgarian, English.
4Part of the "Universal Soldier Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by John Hyams, shot by Peter Hyams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor John Hyams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren and Andrei Arlovski carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Reanimated. Rearmed. The ultimate rematch".
9IMDB entry: tt1288403 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Hyams
Editing: John Hyams
Production design: Philip Harrison
Costume design: Sonya Despotova
Makeup / hair: Eli Almani
VFX supervisor: Joseph Oberle
Sound: Tom Efinger
Stunt coordinator: Borislav Iliev
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $14,000,000
Box office: $153,977,852
Return: 1100% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010)
Metacritic: 70/100
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 27,076 votes
MPAA: R

Part of

Universal Soldier Collection

The Universal Soldier film series concerns soldiers who kill each other in Vietnam but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with a large group of other previously dead soldiers. This premise furnishes the plot framework for all the sequels.

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Sierbahnn2026-05-10
★ 4/10
Cheaper looking, and bad plot intergration This is shot in bland locations (most likely disused ruins in Eastern Europe) and it shows. The A-plot (the main story) is interesting, with a single scary supersoldier and how normal soldiers can handle such a formidable opponent. But that idea gets no room to breathe, for reasons that will become apparent. The B-plot (the sub-plot) about Luke trying recapture his humanity, and could be explored, but of course we don't get to. Instead we get to smash the two plots together and rush to the finale. And of course - Dolph has to be in this for no reason other than the name. There is no sense of why he ought to be in this story, and he contributes nothing. The movie ham-handedly sets up a sequel which does not get realized the way they imagined it, as Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning does NOT tie directly into this story, and leaves more holes than it answers questions. This is one to avoid. At least Day of Reckoning has Scott in it. This only has stunt-doubles for a lot of wide-shots of Jean-Claude, as he is tired.

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