{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f28b333f956d87bb1ad6cbf/601c82d1ea45eb4265a90092?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"160: Universal Solider 2 w/ Tom Lorenzo","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f28b333f956d87bb1ad6cbf/1615856641334-49815502677e4ef6beaa5b3733cd3d66.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Writer Tom Lorenzo joins us to tear apart Universal Soldier: The Return, a sequel that never should have been made.</p><p>After an alright first film, and two made-for-television disasters, the Universal Soldier franchise seemed to be dead in the water. So why was 45 million dollars thrown at a sequel? Must have been a pretty great script, right? Wrong. Universal Soldier: The Return is an absolute mess, and there is plenty for us to discuss when it comes to the questionable choices made at every turn, but this stinker of a movie mostly acts as the perfect diving board for conversations on the decline of the action movie genre, Jean-Claude Van Damme's career (and macho-man actors in general), and how a great B-Movie concept can be squandered on a forgettable film.</p><p><br></p><p>Find Tom at:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://twitter.com/JarettSays\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/</a>ragingbull1990</p><p>Patreon:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://patreon.com/podcastlikeits1989\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">patreon.com/podcastlikeits1989</a></p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"twitter.com/podcastlikeits\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/podcastlikeits</a></p><p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"instagram.com/podcastlikeits\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com/podcastlikeits</a></p><p>Reddit:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://reddit.com/r/PodcastLikeIts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reddit.com/r/PodcastLikeIts</a></p>","author_name":"Rebel Talk Network"}