Every Universal Soldier Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
How do the Universal Soldier movies rank, from worst to best? The Universal Soldier series has had its highs and lows, and that's taken it down a path not explored by Jean-Claude Van Damme's other franchises and seldom by most action movie series in general. The first Universal Soldier debuted in 1992, with Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as Pvt. Luc Deveraux and Sgt. Andrew Scott, deceased American soldiers revived as enhanced, superhuman warriors codenamed «UniSols».
After a pair of made-for-TV sequels, Universal Soldier's story continued—and for many years seemingly ended—with the 1999 theatrical release of Universal Soldier: The Return, which was sadly a major failure. Years later, Universal Soldier suddenly sprung back to life with the straight-to-video sequel Universal Soldier: Regeneration, followed by Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning in 2012. These proved to be where the Universal Soldier franchise finally struck a chord and cemented its action movie legacy.
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In addition to Van Damme and Lundgren, the Universal Soldier series also brought aboard Michael Jai White as a super-powered villain and Scott Adkins during his action hero rise, with both of them adding immeasurably to their respective entries in the franchise. There's been talk of a Universal Soldier reboot going back to 2018, but the mainline series—if that term even fits with its bizarrely wonky continuity—is well worth revisiting for both action and sci-fi fans.
Universal Soldier II: Brothers In Arms, released in September of 1998,is a stark rarity — a sequel that's at once an exercise in total apathy and one that's also fascinating in the number of bad decisions made to bring
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