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

[Jox]

[Dragonrage]

Loots of behind the scenes pictures and new stills with Dolph...

Source: http://www.kinogallery.com



















There is even more pictures on van amme fan forum where I posted them, but they are not Dolph related, so I didn't want to bother you guys with them...

[Jox]

Thanks!

Direct Link:
http://www.kinogallery.com/films/foto.p ... alsoldier4

Russian trailer



Russian theatrical poster

[Nathan]

Poster this time is a little more inventive. People always bash the random sparks...I love sparks. I see it's got an official russian website (www.unisol4.ru) but it doesn't seem to exist just yet. Perhaps a bit of a premature question, but is US4 likely to get released theatrically in a lot of countries outside of America? So far it seems Turkey and Russia... people still lap up Van Damme movies in some parts of the world, in some countries every Van Damme/Dolph movie makes it to the screens in some way, no matter how minute. But it would be nice if they had the sense to capitalise on TE2 and actually released a proper trailer. Jeez, how could they miss such an opportunity, The Last Stand and Bullet to the Head trailers were out there the day after TE2 was released.

[Jox]

US3 already had limited theatrical releases in quite a few more or less important territories like Japan, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan etc so this one could get a little bigger exposure. We already know it'll get a limited release in the US which is great (plus screenings in German and US festivals), so the question now is whether it can get released theatrically in territories like the UK or France for instance...

[Travis]

I guess I have a very different opinion that a lot of people here. I watched the trailer and thought it looked incredibly cheap and terrible.

[Jox]

This trailer wasn't supposed to leak (and the Russian one shows it probably wasn't even color-graded yet), John Hyams is cutting his own trailer for the theatrical release and Sony has one too.

All I can say is this: whether you like it or not this not your usual sequel, try not to read into anything before you see the movie and give it a chance. Fans will love it or hate but at least they would have tried to make an original and unusual sequel.

[Travis]

I love Dolph as Andrew Scott, but I feel like he could have passed on this one.
Either way, I am going to see it as soon as I can just as I have been doing with every Dolph film since the 80's. Also, I always do keep an open mind.

[Nathan]

US3 already had limited theatrical releases in quite a few more or less important territories like Japan, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan etc so this one could get a little bigger exposure. We already know it'll get a limited release in the US which is great (plus screenings in German and US festivals), so the question now is whether it can get released theatrically in territories like the UK or France for instance...

Haha, don't get my hopes up bro, I already felt spoiled seeing Dolph on the big screen freakin' twice so far! Saw TE2 today again and he totally rocked the boat. I seriously wish, more than before, that Sony, Magnolia etc etc would take a big risk on US4. It's at times like this where I wish the fans called the shots, we'd have better posters and trailers etc than the peeps in charge, I genuinely wonder if the people designing the posters and stuff for US4 have any experience in marketing at all.

[savagesketch]

I guess I have a very different opinion that a lot of people here. I watched the trailer and thought it looked incredibly cheap and terrible.

Compared to the budget values of the original US, both Regeneration and Day of Reckoning do look pretty cheap. In the end though, they both have the original stars attached, so they're not the crappy "in-name only" sequels that often pop up in the dtv market these days...

I will say that while this looks brutal and extremely exciting, it also appears to be a vast departure from the original. I admire that on John Hyams behalf. Pretty ballsy. Either way, despite the production stills that keep coming, I'm still pretty unclear on the story, especially Adkins role. It's cool having a sense of mystery in this day in age of cinema!

On a side note, I do hope that some kind of technical explanation is included in the new film regarding Andrew Scott's (third) resurrection... How is it he keeps getting brought back to life? Especially after being ground to a pulp and then having his head blown off? I understand that in the previous film he was a clone, but then again, that was never explicitly said...

[Jox]

[Ringy]

Japan Release date:

In theater: November 3, 2012
Japanese title: Universal Soldier: Satsuriku no Mokushiroku
(Universal Soldier: Killing apocalypse)

http://eiga.com/movie/58150/

[Jox]

Thanks Ringy!

First comment from last night's screening:

I'm home now after seeing it..holy shit...awesome movie...in fact pretty different as promised..

Scott Adkins on UNISOL 4:
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/featur ... .php?all=1

You mentioned the new Universal Soldier film you’ll be appearing in with Jean-Claude Van Damme. I actually got to see a short clip from the film at ActionFest wherein you were unfortunately getting your head bashed in with a crowbar.

How brutal was that?

It was intense for sure.

How did the audience react?

There was a lot of empathetic groaning. It looks like you and Van Damme will be adversaries in this one, what was that experience like given that he’s such an idol of yours?

My bedroom was plastered with pictures of Van Damme. My mother was worried about me. Most teenage boys have half-naked women on their walls, and I had Jean-Claude. For me, there was Bruce Lee and there was Van Damme. He had the physique of the western action guys like Arnold and Stallone, yet he had the moves like Bruce Lee. He came about when something like that was sorely needed. He hit the mark at the right time and blew up; very charismatic action guy to watch on screen.

I can pretty much say that because of Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme, that’s why I do what I do today. So there was certainly a sense of coming full circle when it came time to work with him. Expendables 2 will be the fourth film I’ve done with him. He’s a great guy, and it’s always a pleasure to work with him. An icon.

The new Universal Soldier will be your first film in 3D, right?

3D, yeah, it was actually quite difficult. The cameras tended to break down a lot, especially when they got too hot. We were working in tight sets in Louisiana in the summer so it tended to get very hot. But John [Hyams] is a great director. He’s very well prepared and knew exactly what he needed to do every day. So when those cameras did fail, and it took thirty minutes to get them back up again, he was prepared so that we didn’t lose too many shots. But there’s no gimmick with the 3D in this film, it’s just gonna help pull you into the movie. The clip you saw at ActionFest wasn’t in 3D, was it?

Nope, 2D. Though I am curious if you think there is anything inherently beneficial in using 3D for a martial arts movie.

Yeah, we’re not seeing martial arts films in 3D yet. The argument is that it’s another perspective and it draws you into the film more. Certainly with Avatar, which was the last film I saw in 3D, you can say that definitely happened. In terms of doing the fight sequences here, I don’t even know if this is true, but they said that because you have more of a perception of depth we have to get even closer with our kicks and our punches. So now I’ve got couple of fight scenes with Andrei Arlovski, the former UFC heavyweight champ, where his fists are pretty much touching my face. So that was a bit of an experience in 3D.

Little harrowing, was it?

–~~~~~~~~~~~~–
Well it was certainly 3D for me.

I bet.

But the other thing was, we couldn’t watch the playback for some reason. So I didn’t get to see any of the film. It’s very frustrating when you’re doing the fight sequences, because you want to run back out and see if it’s working and make adjustments. So I really had to rely John and Larnell [Stovall] the fight coordinator.

That’s interesting, I never thought about 3D being such a complication in this genre.

But you know John’s done a smart thing with this film, with Jean-Claude being the villain. I love the way he opens up the movie, and I love the way it’s brutal, it’s hardcore, and very violent. It’s quite sinister. It’s going to be different from what people will expect, and I can only applaud that. It’s good to change things up a bit, especially when you’re talking the fourth film in the franchise. I was a big fan of Regeneration, and I’ve seen enough of this film to know that it’s really good. People are going to be blown away.

[Ringy]

You're welcome Jox

Unisol 4 's Japanese movie rating is R18+ (=MPAA: NC-17).
I have a feeling this movie has super HARD-CORE action and violence.

CAN'T WAIT!!!!

[Dragonrage]

And here is the first review...

http://hellford667.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/universal-soldier-day-of-reckoning-2012-2/

It is a brutal mystery sci-fi thriller, refreshingly different. Fans of the main actors will love it, there is no doubt about that . John Hyams redeemed himself with this one in my mind. If he keeps doing inspired movies like this he has my full support.

From me, if I`d go by a scale from 1 to 10, I´d give this 8 out of 10.

Brutal, fun action galore, a great genre-mix that`s thrilling til the end. Some very good fights and lots of blown off heads!!! (some scenes are really out there!)

BTW this guy didn't like the third one that much, or Scott before...