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Universal Soldier III: Unfinished business
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It is now a race for time for Luc Devereaux (Matt Battaglia) and Veronica Reynolds (Chandra West) in their pursuit for the real identity of Mentor (Burt Reynolds) and his plot to hijack a billion dollar gold heist. Veronica knows their only hope for freedom is to break the story of the Universal Soldier programme to the media before the Unisols, led by Mentor, track them down.
The brilliantly cruel scientist Doctor Walker offers Mentor a solution: allow him to genetically engineer the ultimate Universal Soldier, the Unisol GR87. Programmed with the single mission of destroying Luc and Veronica.
Also starring Roger Periard as McNally, Juan Chioran as Charles Clifton, Claudette Roche as Grace/GR83, John Laing as Martin Daniels, Jovanni Sy as Max, Dwyawn Maclean as drunk CEO, Aron Tager as John Devereaux, James Kee as Jasper, Mary Ann Stevens as nurse #1, Jeff Wincott as Sergeant Eric devereaux/GR87, Frank McAnulty as Purser and Lloyd Adams as Hugo/GR84. Written by Peter M Lenkov, directed by Jeff Woolnough.
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Uhhh... if you want to make a sequel, don't kill the baddie.
That's what they did in Universal Soldier II. Keep everyone with their name before the credits alive and bring them back for the next one. It's also what happens in Universal Soldier III: Unfinished business. Did that spoil the ending for you? Too bad. I have already warned everyone that there are spoilers in the reviews. Pay attention!
What I have yet to figure out is how the Universal Soldiers in this series relate to the Universal Soldiers in the movies series with Jean-Claude van Damme. J-C has 3 movies, too, but he also has a bigger budget. A much bigger budget. Heck, he can afford to have special effects.
Moving right along, this film compares to J-C's like a TV spin-off does to an original movie but not as good. The acting is wooden, the dialogue stilted, the story shallow and the development obvious. Most people can ignore this film's existence. Some action aficionados might feel obliged to check it out because of the name. They'll get a bit of hitting, fighting, bleeding and exploding but not very much of that and what little there is has been cut down with baking powder. Wait for Lethal weapon 3 next month instead.
Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Medium level violence)
Surveillance time
90 minutes (1:30 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
26 July 2000
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