In the first U-S-movie, we saw a charming Van Damme as an action star. What we get now, instead of a covert military operation, is more like an underground cult. Van Damme and Lundgren were more like 'character actors', staring down the cameras with their aged, androgen-cut faces. The movie had a total 'grind-house' feel to it, including some gore in the combats.
A lot of the scenes felt illogical. They chose to keep the 'Luke Deveraux'-name from U-S 1, but brought back Lundgren, who was killed in that movie. The method on how super-soldiers are created, is also vastly different - apparently we can now convert living, untrained persons with a single shot and they become trained in martial arts automatically. The need to cool the soldiers down gets abandoned. I can accept that, but a lot of other scenes simply felt confusing or out of place. What makes up for the story are some very nice fight scenes though, including the baseball bat fight scene, and the armory fight.
You may enjoy it if you're a grind-house aficionado or a martial arts fan. Don't expect something like the first movie though.
A lot of the scenes felt illogical. They chose to keep the 'Luke Deveraux'-name from U-S 1, but brought back Lundgren, who was killed in that movie. The method on how super-soldiers are created, is also vastly different - apparently we can now convert living, untrained persons with a single shot and they become trained in martial arts automatically. The need to cool the soldiers down gets abandoned. I can accept that, but a lot of other scenes simply felt confusing or out of place. What makes up for the story are some very nice fight scenes though, including the baseball bat fight scene, and the armory fight.
You may enjoy it if you're a grind-house aficionado or a martial arts fan. Don't expect something like the first movie though.