You, dear moviegoer, must not buy a ticket to this badly programed sequel. You must save the world from Universal Soldier III: How Bad Can It Get?

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 27, 2014

Watching a bunch of dull characters hurtling through a plate glass window about 50 times is neither inventive nor exhilarating, proving perhaps that ex-stunt co-ordinators shouldn't be allowed a stab at feature film directing.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 27, 2014

This is cynical, manipulative, idiotic film-making. It's hard to express how bad this film is.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 27, 2014

If Universal Soldier: The Return isn't the dullest, most derivative, unimaginative, noisy, repetitive, mind-numbing and generally imbecilic movie of the year, it's not because director Mic Rodgers wasn't trying hard enough.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 7, 2013

Whereas Emmerich's original had enough personality and energy to provide solid (if stupid) entertainment, Rodgers seems content to merely cobble together a succession of blatantly lifted-and poorly executed-set-pieces

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 7, 2013

For the record, this is the fourth Universal Soldier movie if you count two cable sequels, but why would you?

| Jun 7, 2013

It's actually the fourth entry in the series, after a couple of straight-to-cable sequels. That's a lot of pulp to squeeze out of a concept that was fairly juiceless to begin with.

| Original Score: D+ | Sep 7, 2011

An underwhelming follow-up to one of the career-stalled action star's better efforts.

Full Review | Jun 17, 2008

Please, even if it means offsetting a planned schedule, do not see this movie. It could be the biggest mistake of your life. I should know: I made it.

| Mar 10, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 10, 2007

This SF action sequel must have been slapped together fast: live-action stunts created by uninspired editing lead up to computer-generated imagery that's just as lame.

| Mar 6, 2007

Filling out and greying at the temples, Van Damme is far from convincing, even in the tedious fight sequences.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 31, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 6, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 24, 2004

Van Damme's acting skills remains undetectable.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 25, 2003

Close your eyes and repeat after me: pro wrestlers must never ever EVER try to act.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Jan 9, 2003

Hopefully this is the last we have seen of the Unisol series, but unfortunately the dearth of creativity in Hollywood, will allow it to live for another abysmal dumbing.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 8, 2002

A disappointing entry to the sci-fi / action-movie canon.

| Mar 5, 2002

I would suggest that you use this film solely as a form of torture.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 14, 2001