Universal Soldier: Regeneration is a lean, unpretentious action film. It's so single-minded in its goals and so direct and too the point that it can be easy to overlook the surprising elegance of its action. Plot matters little in this direct-to-video film about Russian terrorists holding hostage the children of the Russian prime minister inside a Chernobyl jury-rigged with bombs to release its pent up radiation (try saying that ten times fast). The film doesn't dwell on what's taking place, constantly pushing forward to the next action beat, all formally controlled and well-choreographed. Action heavies like Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, and new underground action star Scott Adkins are given opportunities to show off their capability as fantastically muscular brutes able to withstand blow after blow. As
Regeneration proves, action movies don't need to be showy in order to show off.
Grade:
★★
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