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21Apr2009

Van Damme, Lundgren Back for 'Universal Soldier'

DateTuesday, April 21, 2009 at 7:23AM
Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme are reprising their roles in a new Universal Soldier movie, which is great news, because they know the intricacies of the characters so well, you'd hate some other guys to take over. Actually, Lundgren wasn't in the second movie, replaced at least on the marquee by wrestler Bill Goldberg.

This is a difficult series to keep in sequence. There's the original film from 1992, another movie in 1999, which was actually the fourth Universal Soldier. You see, two non-theatrical movies were released in 1998, Brothers in Arms aired in late September of that year and Unfinished Business went straight to DVD in December. Van Damme wasn't even in those, which is why he considers this the end of the trilogy...five Universal Soldier movies in.

IGN has a new photo from this year's Universal Soldier: The Next Generation, and that title obscures things even more because it's not the next generation at all. And even though they're not as young as they used to be, you've got to give Lundgren credit for keeping his hair perfect even though he clearly took a beating in this scene.

It's not yet clear whether the film will pop up in theaters for a few weeks before going to DVD, or if it's a straight-to- video affair.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment1 Comment |

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uhmmmm, the first one was the best.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGreenValleyRanchResortLasVegas

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