Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) poster
2010 · adventure · action · sci-fi · thriller

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Directed by John Hyams1h 37m2010
ElsewhereIMDb5.327kMetacritic70
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • cold
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Heavy, breathless, extreme adventure / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When terrorists threaten nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, the world's only hope is to reactivate decommissioned Universal Soldier Luc Deveraux. Rearmed and reprogrammed, Deveraux must take on his nemesis from the original Universal Soldier and a next-generation "UniSol" that seems almost unstoppable.

Our read · Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded adventure · action · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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