Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Taglines: Under their own command.

John awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible: Luc Deveraux. While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol named Magnus. Meanwhile, Deveraux and surviving UniSol Andrew Scott are preparing to battle anarchy and build a new order ruled by Unisols without government oversight.

They are weeding out the weak and constantly testing their strongest warriors in brutal, life-and-death combat. Luc has emerged operating the Unisol Church of Eventualism, taking in wayward Unisols whom the government has been secretly operating as remote-controlled sleeper agents. His mission is to liberate these Unisols from the implanted memories and the lies the government has inserted in them. As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rogue army of genetically enhanced warriors, he discovers more about himself and begins to call into question everything he believed to be true.

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (formerly known as Universal Soldier: A New Dimension) is a 2012 American science fiction action film co-written, co-edited and directed by John Hyams. The film stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, who both reprise their roles from the first film, with Scott Adkins and Andrei Arlovski also star. It is the fourth and final theatrical installment in the Universal Soldier series.

The film acts as a semi-sequel to its 2009 predecessor, Universal Soldier: Regeneration and likewise, is unrelated to the two television sequels and ignores the events of the 1999 theatrical sequel Universal Soldier: The Return. In the film, a young former military man named John awakens from a coma and finds out that his wife and daughter have been murdered in a home invasion. John goes on a personal vendetta against the man behind the incident who is revealed to be Luc Deveraux, the eponymous Universal Soldier from the first two films who has now become a powerful terrorist military leader.

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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

Directed by: John Hyams
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, Mariah Bonner, Andrei Arlovski, Tony Jarreau, Craig Walker, Andrew Sikking, Audrey P. Scott, David Jensen, James DuMont
Screenplay by: John Hyams, Doug Magnuson
Production Design by: Nate Jones
Cinematography by: Yaron Levy
Film Editing by: Andrew Drazek, John Hyams
Costume Design by: Kim Martínez
Set Decoration by: Andrew W. Bofinger
Art Direction by: Jeremy Woolsey
Music by: Wil Hendricks, Michael Krassner, Robin Vining
MPAA Rating: R for brutal bloody violence throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.
Distributed by: Magnolia Pictures
Release Date: November 30, 2012

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