When Universal Soldier hit theaters nationwide on July 10, 1992, I was there. At that point in time, Jean-Claude Van Damme was my absolute favorite action star thanks to a string of movies that would go on to become action classics including Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Lionheart.
Recently I picked up the 4K Ultra HD release of Universal Soldier and relived the movie once again, nearly 30 years from the day I first saw it. In addition to the movie itself I also partook in some of the extras that were included on the release. Including an archival commentary track with director Roland Emmerich and writer Dean Devlin. I know few of you read this part of my 10 things posts, but it was the Emmerich/Devlin commentary track that served as the source material for the information I am about to disseminate, so if you believe any of it to be inaccurate, you will probably want to hit up Mr. Emmerich and/or Mr. Devlin. But with that disclaimer out of the way here’s 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Universal Soldier…