Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business
| Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business | |
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 Official VHS cover | |
| Genre |
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| Written by | Peter M. Lenkov |
| Directed by | Jeff Woolnough |
| Starring | Matt Battaglia Chandra West Jeff Wincott Richard McMillan Burt Reynolds |
| Music by | Ivan Doroschuk |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kevin Gillis John Laing |
| Producer | Robert Wertheimer |
| Cinematography | Russ Goozee |
| Editor | Robert K. Sprogis |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company | Catalyst Entertainment Production |
| Original release | |
| Network | Showtime |
| Release |
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Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business is a 1998 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott, Richard McMillan, and Burt Reynolds. It was produced (with Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms) as a miniseries for a potential TV series. Like Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms, none of the actors or crew of the original returned, but all the cast and crew from the first sequel are present. In 1999, a theatrical sequel starring Jean-Claude Van Damme again, Universal Soldier: The Return, ignored the plotline of the two sequels.
Plot
Luc Devereaux (Matt Battaglia) is a rejected "UniSol" (a superhuman soldier designed to be the perfect killing machine) and journalist Veronica Roberts (Chandra West) travel to Canada to continue their attempts to expose the Universal Soldier unit. After a hostage situation mistakenly leaves Veronica a fugitive, the two escape the city and go into hiding.
Meanwhile, CIA Deputy Director Mentor (Burt Reynolds) and Dr. Walker (Richard McMillan) are in the process of creating a powerful, UniSol clone of Luc's brother, Eric (Jeff Wincott), to assassinate him and Veronica. The program is under section GR-44.
Deveraux and Roberts flee to Canada, hoping to find a news outlet that will tell their story as section GR-44 is in hot pursuit.
Cast
- Matt Battaglia as Private Luc Deveraux
- Jeff Wincott as Eric Deveraux
- Burt Reynolds as Mentor
- Chandra West as Veronica Roberts
- Richard McMillan as Dr. Walker
- Roger Periard as McNally
- Juan Chioran as Charles Clifton
- Claudette Roche as Grace
- John F.S. Laing as Martin Daniels
- Jovanni Sy as Max
- Aron Tager as John Deveraux
- James Kee as Jasper
- Lloyd Adams as Hugo
- Vince Corazza as Lowell
- Gerry Mendicino as Chief Thorpe
- Dan Duran as Freddie Smith
- Thomas Hauff as General Clancy
- John Stoneham Sr. as Sheriff
- Philip Williams as Scully
Production
Made as a TV movie for The Movie Channel. Made in Canada, by the same team that made Universal Soldier II, of which it was shot at the same time. [1]
Release
Home media
Released on DVD with Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms[2]
Reception
Critical response
Creature Feature gave the movie two out of 5 stars.[3] Moira also gave it two stars, finding to be a cheap action movie with minimal science fiction content. TV Guide gave the movie two of five stars, and while it praised the acting of West and Battaglia, it found the villains' uninteresting and Reynolds' performance over the top. [4]
References
- ^ http://www.moriareviews.com/sciencefiction/universal-soldier-iii-unfinished-business-1998.htm
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Soldier-DVD/dp/B00008LE0O/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=universal+soldier+ii&qid=1601386276&sr=8-1
- ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: #rd Edition
- ^ Pardi, R. Universal Soldier Review. TV Guide https://www.tvguide.com/movies/universal-soldier-iii-unfinished-business/review/135706/
External links
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business at IMDb
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business at Rotten Tomatoes
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