Talkin' RiffTrax: Universal Soldier II
Added 2021-07-29 18:02:34 +0000 UTCHi folks,
Kevin Murphy here.
Forget that this is a direct-to-cable sequel. Forget that Jean-Claude Van Damme is replaced without anyone batting an eyelash. Even forget that Gary Busey’s choppers are the most prominent thing on the screen, most of the time.
Instead, do what we do. Focus on Burt Reynolds.* More than that, focus, like the movie does, on Burt Reynolds’ mustachioed ambusher. Pay keen attention to Burt’s Dollar-Store-level Irish Accent; wonder why he needed an accent at all. Be amazed that an actor of his stature probably got paid two thirds of the movie’s budget simply to say his lines with that accent into a phone.
This is the treasure, the gem at the heart of this Big Dumb Movie, the kind of thing that makes us smile and say HELL YES, LET'S RIFF THIS BABY!
Please enjoy us as we enjoy talking about Universal Soldier 2: Brothers In Arms.
* Please do NOT Google Burt Reynolds’ infamous nude centerfold from Playgirl magazine.
- kwm
You can download this Talkin' RiffTrax episode here.
Comments
All of the members of my gang wear suspenders. But we have our pets ashes encased in Hummel figures. I'll pay good money for the ashes of Henry the gerbil from Master Ninja I & II.
david l shields jr
2021-08-01 23:14:02 +0000 UTCYeah, FranTranPsycho was great, but these last two... I dunno. what we need now are some peppy shorts!!
Karl Hamann
2021-07-31 14:20:35 +0000 UTCI'm having David Carrdine in Max Havok flashbacks.
Amazing Spidergram
2021-07-30 01:21:19 +0000 UTCThanks for mentioning B R's Playgirl nude centerfold. it's been decades, and now that image is, once again, undulating fearfully acrost my consciousness; ghurg.
Karl Hamann
2021-07-29 20:41:52 +0000 UTCThat's the dream!
RiffTrax
2021-07-29 19:50:02 +0000 UTCOne of these days, a low-budget director will look at his even lower budget and say "Screw it, we're not making a direct-to-video movie, we're making a direct-to-RiffTrax movie."
Paul Lenoue
2021-07-29 18:18:41 +0000 UTC
