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Universal Soldier

1992Movie1 h 43 minR

Thriller
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.1Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic357.0Rotten Tomatoes34%47%
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.1Letterboxd3.0/5Metacritic357.0Rotten Tomatoes34%47%

Summary

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.

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  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Puts you on the battlefield.
  • Leaves you shaken.

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Tropes

Cybernetics Eat Your Soulin 131 titlesDownplayed. The only thing that keeps the UniSols under control is a memory clearance drug, which (once it wears off) causes the UniSol to revert back to their former personalities.Bio-AugmentationRare · in 48 titlesPituitary and Thyroid Augmentations plus deep tissue electrical shocks to reheat a surgically repaired body on ice, along with implied bone, muscle and joint augmentations for added strength, durabil…All 43 tropes

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