After his wife and daughter are murdered in a home invasion, a widower named John now finds himself up against an army of Universal Soldiers in relentless pursuit, led by a mysterious leader who promises to set UniSols free from their conditioning.
This bloody wallow in sweat, guns and fisticuffs - for those who swing that way - delivers.
– Andy Webster,
New York Times,
29 Nov 2012
fresh:
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.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
30 Nov 2012
rotten:
"There... is... no... end" Van Damme announces in between blows. As a comment on the current film, I'll agree. As a prediction - all I can do is shudder.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
30 Nov 2012
fresh:
Day of Reckoning is somehow not just the best film in the series, but a damn fine piece of action filmmaking by any measure.
– Ian Buckwalter,
The Atlantic,
30 Nov 2012
rotten:
Several sequences of this gorefest, which is posed between hyperkinetic martial-arts mayhem and near-static moments of confusion and terror, have a gleeful virtuosity that nearly redeems its lumbering longueurs and generic splatter.