UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: DAY OF RECKONING (John Hyams, 2012)

[Dida]

US 4 will be shown at the Fantastic Film festival in Germany.

The website also contains an official poster:

http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/filme/Universal.html

[Nathan]

Thanks Dida! The supposedly limited release in Germany is a good sign, I really hope they can pull a decent US theatrical release off, I've never been optimistic about a potential DTV movie hitting theatres before. Sure you can pretend that Command Performance had a chance, but being realistic, US4 has the best shot of anything so far. Curiously though, Van Damme is credited first whereas on the last he was credited third.

[Dragonrage]

Here is direct link of that poster from that site...

Its OK poster...but it could be much better...it kind of empty in the background, and to typical...





And there are also some new stills from that site to...

[Tom]

Thanks Dida! The supposedly limited release in Germany is a good sign, I really hope they can pull a decent US theatrical release off, I've never been optimistic about a potential DTV movie hitting theatres before. Sure you can pretend that Command Performance had a chance, but being realistic, US4 has the best shot of anything so far. Curiously though, Van Damme is credited first whereas on the last he was credited third.

I think JC gets first credit because of the buzz he's getting from The Expendables 2. He's probably going to have less screen time than Dolph in this. Kind of playing a role like Colonel Kurtz (Brando) in Apocalypse now.

[dolphage]

I don't like the poster. Looks boring and cheap to me.

Dolph is in full Missionary Man mode in the poster!

[Jox]

Yeah especially since they combined a promotional shot (and not the best) with a badass still from the film... Really cool though if the movie is premiering at that festival though.

[Jox]

[Jox]

[Mosquito]

Street Preacher, anyone?
But I really like those Scott stills. Heck, I'm gonna watch it. WTF.

[Jox]

Seems the first screening in Berlin will be August 25 at 11:30pm
http://fff.k-risc.de/screenings/showSch ... 2/cityId:1

For German speakes:

Mannomann, was ist das denn für eine Hardcore-Nummer? Nach einer hyperspannenden Anfangsszene, die als neuen Hauptprotagonisten Scott Adkins in der Rolle des John vorstellt, kloppen, ballern und stechen die menschlichen Kampfmaschinen schon bald mit der Angriffslust ausgehungerter Pitbulls aufeinander ein. Szenen, die in ihrer Unerbittlichkeit wirklich an die Schmerzgrenze gehen, die aber auch richtig sauber choreographiert sind. Welcher "Unisol" gegen wen und mit welchem Auftrag mordet, steht anfangs noch im Hintergrund. Aber im Verlauf des Films schält sich – auch für Nichtkenner der Reihe – eine packende und schlüssige Story hervor. Auf jeden Fall hat das Treiben der betagten Herren van Damme und Dolph Lundgren alias Luc Devereaux und Andrew Scott großen Unterhaltungswert. Der immer noch massiv hochgerüstete Lundgren stirbt wie in so ziemlich jedem Teil auch hier aufs Neue (ups, Spoiler! – egal). Jean-Claude van Damme dagegen hat sich optisch seinem tatsächlichen Alter wieder angenähert. In schonungslos ehrlicher Maske strahlt er als Guru und Befreier für die von der Regierung biogenetisch manipulierten Elitesoldaten eine gewisse Würde aus; ein bisschen in der Tradition seiner großartigen Selbstdemontage in JCVD. Uns scheint, dass sie sich mit diesem Reboot alle Mühe gegeben haben.

http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/filme/Universal.html

[Jox]

US theatrical and VOD release by Magnet (genre arm from Magnolia Pictures) on November 30!
http://www.screendaily.com/news/distrib ... entID=1846

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057437?refCatId=13

[Nathan]

Releasing it VOD on the same day totally undermines the movie in theatres and makes it seem like a shitty film. Has the same stigma attached to it as DTV always has.

[Jox]

Indeed, but distribution is evolving and we're going more and more towards a mode of simultaneous multiple platform releases. Happy about the theatrical release and festival premieres however limited it might be...

[Jox]

On FB

Will it be a very limited release in theaters?

Magnet Releasing ‎This will depend on the demand of the fans!

[Nathan]

Nice one J, is there anything we can do to influence this? Show our support on fb?