Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: November 30, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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9
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistGabe ToroNov 28, 2012
It may very well be the best action movie of the year. Read full review
91
IndieWireEric KohnSep 26, 2012
Hyams delivers a remarkably satisfying action-thriller hybrid that constantly pushes ahead. It's one of the best action movies of the year simply because it keeps hitting the right beats. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle SmithNov 29, 2012
An intensity of purpose and a patient, suspenseful directing style make the B-movie Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning superior to most of the big-budget action films I've seen lately. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriDec 3, 2012
Hyams's film, which may at first seem like a glorified VOD entry in a forgotten franchise starring has-been action stars, is an admirably tense sci-fi/horror adventure that somehow turns its considerable limitations into virtues. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChris PackhamNov 27, 2012
Against the prevailing cheerlessness, these intensively choreographed fights, many shot in audacious, roving single takes, are like glimpses into a dream world. Read full review
70
Boxoffice MagazineDavid EhrlichNov 27, 2012
Playing like a mash-up between "Enter the Void" and "The Raid," Day of Reckoning is an uncommonly assured slice of bargain bin cinema, as arresting to watch as it is impossible to comprehend. Read full review
70
VarietyJoe LeydonSep 30, 2012
There's something perversely fascinating about helmer John Hyams' freewheeling yet deliberately paced mashup of noirish mystery, splatter-movie intensity, first-person-shooter vidgame and "Apocalypse Now"-style surrealism. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 29, 2012
The movie creates something of the sensation of huffing industrial solvents - in a good way! - a waking-sleep zombification that can't exactly be described as pleasurable but definitely has an odd, distinct power. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAndy WebsterNov 29, 2012
This bloody wallow in sweat, guns and fisticuffs - for those who swing that way - delivers. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 29, 2012
Say what you will about the confused narrative, blatant borrowings and wildly over-the-top gory violence of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning -- at least you can see what the hell is going on. Read full review
60
Time OutKeith UhlichNov 27, 2012
It's almost worth wading through the wearisome setup to get to the fun stuff. But there is a reason fast-forward buttons were invented. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisNov 28, 2012
Consider this a public service announcement: Folks who have a problem with onscreen flesh-hacking - or the fact that franchise stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren aren't in the movie all that much - should stay home. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleLouis BlackNov 28, 2012
As with all the films in the Universal Soldier series, this is mostly a catalog of increasingly brutal fights, which are the main attraction in and of themselves. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJohn SemleyNov 20, 2012
Like a stiff Schwarzeneggerian conqueror making good on an "I'll be back," John Hyams returns to one-up the franchise again. Read full review
45
MovielineJen YamatoSep 26, 2012
In the least, and most significantly, Day of Reckoning should propel British martial artist/stunt veteran Adkins out of the niche genre world - action cinema's Adkins diet? Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNov 29, 2012
It's up to you to decide if his oddly artsy vision, which pulls in first-person perspectives, surreal memories and highbrow cinematic references, suggests interesting ambition or misplaced pretension. Read full review
25
USA TodayScott BowlesNov 29, 2012
The latest undead-soldier story carries on the franchise tradition of graphic violence and bad acting. Read full review
20
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottDec 14, 2012
The fight sequences are briskly choreographed at least, gruesome though they are -- and, to be honest, that goes a long way in a film such as this. In fact they may be the only reason to see it, other than the chance to see Van Damme in full Col. Kurtz mode, all face-painted and droopy-eyed and bat-poop crazy. Read full review
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