Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
1998 television film directed by Jeff Woolnough
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms is a 1998 made-for-television science fiction film directed by Jeff Woolnough and starring Matt Battaglia, Chandra West, Jeff Wincott and Gary Busey. It is the second installment in the Universal Soldier franchise. The film recasts all returning characters and introduces a long-lost brother to the hero, played by Wincott. It was followed in the same year by Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business. In 1999, Universal Soldier: The Return, a theatrical sequel once again starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, retconed the plotline of the TV sequels.
Plot
Following the failure of the original Universal Soldier program, the budget has been cut by the government. On orders from a mysterious CIA director, a crooked security consultant Otto Mazur, leads a gang of mercenaries who take control of a new line of Universal Soldiers. Mazur plans to sell fifty of them to a wealthy Asian client.
Meanwhile, Luc Deveraux reconnects with his parents, accompanied by reporter Veronica Roberts, now his girlfriend. Veronica learns from Luc's mother that he had an older brother named Eric who was reported killed in Vietnam when Luc was 9 years old, although his body was never repatriated.
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