Ever saw a movie that makes you look afterwards in the credits, who directed it, and who wrote the story? I did with this movie, and the same name turned up: John Hyams. Now, I have to admit that I expected some kind of B-movie, since Jean-Claude Van Damme is on the front cover (sorry Jean-Claude) but this turned out not to be a movie he wrote, or directed ;). He's just an actor with hardly a line to say. The main actor is Scott Adkins, he is pretty good in this movie. There's a rather complex story that had me guessing what it was all about for the larger part of the movie, but in the end it's all clear-- so that is not a problem for me. There is a lot of fighting in this movie, and especially GORE. My God, I never saw a movie with more hardcore gore then this one. I can take a lot, but this takes it to the next level lol. Often you see movies where you can just imagine the producers to sit around a table and say "Ok, we want this that action scene, lets get those actors.. and then think of a story". But that is not the case in the movie; no where I had even a little bit the feeling "Oh my God they are writing this into the story JUST so you have another fight scene". It's just a good story, with a lot of totally gruesome scenes that are show how much heart the people who made this movie have for detail. I was very impressed. So, much, that the next day I wrote this review on the IMDb, after years of silence.
Review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
