Universal Soldier: The Return is a 1999 American science fiction action film directed by Mic Rodgers, who made his directorial debut, and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Kiana Tom and Xander Berkeley as Doctor Dylan Cotner.
It is the second theatrical film in the Universal Soldier series, following two made-for-TV movies, Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business. The film was received with highly negative reviews and was a box-office bomb. Subsequent films in the series ignore the events of The Return and outright contradict it in places; it is no longer considered part of the series' canon.