What Is ‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ About?

Woo’s balletic moves and pyrotechnics fit JCVD the best in all of his films.

In the same interview, Hyams acknowledges other influences as well.

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He found within that initial draft ideas that “related closely to some movies I really cared about.”

Hyams specifically names the “Frankensteinaspects” of the movieBlade Runneras a specific influence.

Its a far more psychologically probing project thanmany of the other films he has appeared in.

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In Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, the story takes a darker turn as John, played by Scott Adkins, awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a home invasion. John’s quest for vengeance leads him into a labyrinth of secrets, challenging the very nature of his identity and his place in the Universal Soldier program.

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoningis available to stream on Pluto TV in the U.S.

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Jean-Claude Van Damme is not messing around in Hard Target.

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