UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine Movie
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Death is the only option...
Waylon and Buddy decide to join the army as it appears to be their best option. But when they realize that they are part of a group that have been thrown into a medical experiment facility with a doctor who plans on turning them into ultimate killing machines, they must fight to destroy his other creations and save themselves.
| Michael Madsen | Major Blevins |
| Mak Fyfe | Waylon |
| Steve Arbuckle | Buddy |
| Victoria Nestorowicz | Zoe Snow |
| Erin Mackinnon | Carrie |
| Simon Northwood | Sgt. Dodds |
| Deanna Dezmari | Lena |
| John Evans | Dr. Stroheim |
| Billy Parrott | PFC Delroy |
| Glen Cross | Orderly |
| Erin Berry | Scrub |
| Lincoln Russel | Lennox |
| Chris Loane | Flinty Eyed Corporal |
| John-Philip Vazquez | Recruitment Officer |
| Michael Scratch | Orderly #2 |
| David Mitchell |
2.70 out of 10 (223 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Don't Waste Your Time
posted on 16 Jun 2009Plot: Mad scientist does illegal experiments for military on unsuspecting army recruits.This is a barely watchable movie. The viewer has a choice. Watch this mess til the end, or give up. Trust me, give up. The military acts like no military anywhere. The military facility is unlike any anywhere. It is just bad.The story line might, almost make sense. Some major (!) in the military is running a rogue experimental site where they are doing human experiments. All of his support staff are privates. What!?!? They keep around a failed experiment. But, there is a failsafe to destroy the building. Oh, the experiment enhances the adrenalin levels of the test subjects – and it makes them horny. There is some intentional humor, and Michael Madsen deadpans some of the better throwaway lines.Michael Madsen is the best-known actor in this movie. If he could act, then he might have been willing to try to breathe some life into this movie. But, he cannot. He was perfect for Kill Bill, Vol 2. But, that is the only character he, apparently, has the ability to portray.The rest of the cast goes through the motions on this one. In particular, Erin Mackinnon, as Carrie, does a good job of changing from a shy runaway to a vicious predator.Is there some book that helps directors find bad plots. In this movie, the military comes off as incompetent, immoral, illegal, and otherwise stupid.There is a fair amount of violence. The actual violence occurs offscreen, but there is plenty of blood splatterage and special effects dead bodies (including a headless body and its head and a faceless body and its face.) Most of the violence is just there to lend credence to the monster being a threat. But, the monster is not scary. So, the only way to make him a threat is to have him leave a gross mess in the hallway.There is one scene where sex is used to promote the story line. Thankfully, most of the graphic part is edited out. The viewer knows sex occurred. But, the only reason to make the four experimental subjects strip to their underwear is to tease the viewer.
Bad Horror, Bad Acting... Camp Gold Mine
posted on 17 Apr 2009After being rejected from standard Army boot camp for being complete rejects (4-F), four young Americans join the secret project of Major Blevins (Michael Madsen) where they are to be transformed into the ultimate killing machines. But the laboratory still hasn't disposed of the previous test subject, who did not quite turn out as planned.On the Internet Movie Database, this film comes in at 2.4 out of 10, which is just about the lowest you'll ever find a movie listed. The only things lower are "Gigli" and Bill Cosby's turd sandwich "Leonard 6". Sure, the film is bad, but not nearly that bad (these people should rent "Nine Lives"). Allow me to explain. The acting is not great and the dialogue is horrible (mostly just grunting and swearing over and over again). The plot may not be outstanding, but it's decent and is detailed enough to carry the film. But many good things are in here.The film is comedy through and through. From the opening scenes that depict the candidates as morons (which reminded me of "Can't Hardly Wait") to their stereotypical interactions like "The Breakfast Club" (the criminal, the brain, the basket case... with the princess replaced by a crack addict). And the film relies on some horror clichés in such a way that I have to assume they were meant to be funny: the German scientist, for example.But under the campiness was a decent film that had solid characters. Michael Madsen did not give his best performance, but he is always a joy to watch (even in such things as "Eye of the Beholder" or "Free Willy"). And the subplot about military recruitment being down and needing to make soldiers better was very timely and fit well. I suppose you could contrast this with "Return of the Livign Dead" in that way, with adrenaline-induced soldiers in this movie taking the place of the trioxin zombies.Maybe it wasn't great... but did you really think "UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine" would be? I was actually heavily entertained. And maybe you didn't get the nudity you wanted (which is surprisingly with how much sexual activity is going on). But you got gore: faces ripped off, heads torn from necks, and a man slashed to pieces with blood flying all over the killer. Some of it -- the needles -- was done with the lowest quality of special effects, but I'd rather watch some film maker trying to save money with special effects than use cheesy computer stuff. (We can't all be the masters of gore that Peter Jackson was and Stuart Gordon is.) When you're at the video store and you're deciding between this and "Navy Seals", I actually liked this one better. But seriously, you know what you're getting yourself into. At least I hope so... don't be one of those people who doesn't know anything and picks up movies at random. If you are, you deserve to see every crappy film you rent. If you like camp, like the original "Batman" movie, you'll like this one.
As much fun as getting stabbed is, only more painful.
posted on 07 Apr 2009I know it's always a bad sign, these days, to see Michael Madsen starring a movie. Even though he has been - and perhaps in some ways still is - a decent actor, he's been making a lot of bad B-movies lately and surprisingly, this is even worse than BloodRayne. He has come far from the days of Reservoir Dogs and both Kill Bills, but apparently lacking the sense of staying far enough from movies like this.First of all, this movie has an identity problem. It's like a compilation of all those clichés you have seen in about every other movie, but only worse. The movie begins like any other cheap scifi horror flick, where people are tested against their will by the US Army and some ketchup gets sprayed on the walls as your regular monster gets loose for a moment. Then we go into a teen comedy, where four teens act like they do in every other teen movie, all so rebellious. Since these teens are all scum, yet in different ways, they get the privilege to carry on for the rest of the movie. They hate each other and the army, then they hate a bit more, after the evil experiments they get away, get couple of totally incompetent guards beaten up, and then they bond and fight each other, while those same incompetent guards get killed by the monster from the intro sequence, losing their heads and faces, while Mr Madsen tries to figure out what to do with the old, crazy nazi and the lovely nurse. Luckily all three get killed by the monster. In the end there is supposed to be an explosion, but since the budget was pretty close to twenty bucks in the beginning, there's not even any cheap CGI in the movie, but just a flash with couple of booms. Oh, forgot to mention about that one girl, who got shot in her forehead.This movie lacks all the logic and even all the suspension, as you can only watch with your jaws open and wonder if you are supposed to be laughing at or just frightened about all those horrible things you see on the screen. Yes, the acting is horrible, the properties seem to be made by a six-year old Chinese, and since there is no script, I can't see why there was an add-on romance in this movie. Maybe it was an accident.To make it short, if you want to spend some time doing something totally useless, watch this film. It will make you feel better about your real life, as escapism this bad is surely worse than anything one could ever face in the real world.
u.k.m.
posted on 18 Mar 2009well hmm don't quite know where to start with this one,, well Michael Madsen you were just terrible in this one,, i mean i was a big fan of your's what have you done,, he play a Lieutenant Colonel or something in this movie,, an Army think tank,, creating soldiers,, because there recruitment is down,, and the soldiers that they have just aren't that good anymore,, so they go ahead and recruit the bottom of the bottom, and boy do i mean they scrape the bottom of the barrel for these losers,, a runaway,, crack addict,, those are just two to name a few,, there are i think like 4 or 5 guys and two girls. they discover that what they are in is not an actual boot camp,, and must survive the ultimate killing machine that the army has created,, an experient that has horribly gone wrong. not bad if you wanna see a bunch of dumb kids get killed,, but that's it here.
w.t.f
posted on 06 Nov 2008err w.t.f.is this crap poor acting random crappy soundtrack s**t story it sounded lick this was gonna be a top film with a title like U.K.M. ultimate killing machine it does sound lick it is gonna be the dogs b*ll**ks but it isn't but it isn't it made me mad just watching it Michael madson must of needed the money badly. i couldn't even finish watching this s**t it was that bad i would rather get kicked in the gonads all night long than watch w**k lick this hope these comments were useful to u i would give this film lower but i cant i wold rather hit myself with an iron but don't isten to me watch this fu**ing sh*t for yourself and hate it like me too cheers
Poor horror film.
posted on 11 Oct 2008UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine starts as four teenage misfits named Waylon (Mac Fyfe), Buddy (Steve Arbuckle), Zoe (Victoria Nestorowicz) & Carrie (Erin Mackinnon) enlist in the US Army. They are taken to Millhaven Research Facility where Major Blevins (Michael Madsen) runs the 'Havoc Project' where scientist Dr. Stroheim (John Evans) is trying to perfect a serum that when injected into a living subject will turn them into an almost unstoppable soldier, the ultimate killing machine if you were. Blevins & Stroheim plan to use the four new recruits as guinea pigs but things go wrong as one of their failed experiments is accidentally freed & goes on a killing rampage inside the locked down facility...This American Canadian co-production was directed by David Mitchell & is yet another poor generic 'science gone wrong' horror flick that has very little going for it. The script by Tyler Levine & Tim McGregor takes itself extremely seriously & is pretty slow going & very dull, the majority of UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine is spent following annoying character's around incredibly dark corridors which look almost exactly identical. The film has no pace, the story about a US Military project to create the ultimate weapon through genetics & science is so old hat & clichéd it just feels so routine & predictable, there just isn't a single original idea or scene in the entire thing. The character's are pretty poor, you get the usual bonding scenes as they take it in turns to open their hearts to each other between being chased by a genetic mutant soldier, the Army official's are poorly defined & no-one has any real individuality or personality. At 90 odd minutes in length the film feels a lot longer as we get scene after scene of these character's running around dark corridors doing nothing in particular. It gets very boring very quickly. There isn't even any decent violence or exploitation to distract you from the snail's pace.Director Mitchell films with competence but little else. One corridor looks pretty much identical to the next one & the whole film becomes very repetitive & bland to look at. One also has to comment on the fact that the military facility featured in UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine is maybe the darkest & most understaffed ever seen, could they not afford the electric bill? Was this place not fitted with lights? The gore levels are virtually zero, there's some blood splatter, a decapitated head, someone is shot in the head, there are a few injection scenes & a few dead bodies. Basically nothing memorable at all.According to the IMDb this had a budget of about $5,000,000 which quite simply amazes me, I simply cannot believe a film as basic & sloppy as this cost that amount, I just can't. There's nothing here apart from a small cast & lots of dark corridors which look exactly the same. Filmed in Hamilton in Ontario in Canada. The acting is alright, this is the type of film Michael Madsen has openly admitted he makes to pay the bills & here he seems on autopilot.UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine is a routine science gone bad for military reasons horror film where lots of bland character's run around identical almost pitch black corridors. One to forget & one to avoid.
lick the enemy...messed up adrenaline glands and sexual urges (don't get too excited, you won't even see a nipple) caused by spine drilling
posted on 16 Feb 2008this was one of...no wait, THE worst movie ever made with a budget of about 1.99 CDN. whoever gave rated this movie above 3/10 must have been a) high b) dumber than Forrest Gump c) retarded beyond belief LICK THE Enemy LOL LMFAO Michael Madsen should be ashamed for being in this movie. did he have to pay off some mafia debt or what? i see no other reason for his appearance. i have just wasted an hour 25 minutes of my life watching this disgrace of a movie. i wish i saw some random commercials on TV instead.what a piece of junk. in fact i think my IQ lowered by 10 points after watching this movie. throughout the entire film i hoped that it would turn into a porno to make it at least somewhat interesting, but instead they had the beginning of a sex scene and guess what, the guy turns the girl down because HE does not know if it's really her who wants to bang him or if it was the "adrenaline gland" messing her up and making her have "sexual urges".
Weak entry, could've been better
posted on 29 Jan 2008"UKM: Ultimate Killing Machine" is a less-than-impressive slasher with a few good points.**SPOILERS**At the Milhaven Research Facility, Sgt. Harlan P. Dodds, (Simon Northrup) is selected by Maj. Blevins, (Michael Madsen) and Dr. Lena Segovic, (Deanna Dezmari) to participate in a special psychiatric experiment. When new recruits Waylon King, (Mac Fyfe) Buddy James, (Steve Arbuckle) Zoe Snow, (Victoria Nestorowicz) and Carrie Schenk, (Erin Mackinnon) arrive at the center, they are immediately sent to a secret program against their knowledge. As the team continues their experiments, they start to suspect something is wrong, and set out to find the truth about the experiment at the facility. Realizing that the purpose of the recruits was to test a radical drug that was supposed to enhance the military's personnel and a failed experiment that has now turned into a monstrous, psychotic soldier is now loose in the facility killing everyone in the facility. Forced to defend themselves against the killer, they try to get out of the facility alive before they all fall victim.The Good News: This one here wasn't that bad, as it had some good stuff in it. The set here is really great here, with the long, winding corridors and darkened hallways makes for a great setting to conduct business in a slasher in. From the different rooms and other situations of the film, there's some nice scenes in here, and it at times can yield some suspense while it's at it as well. The initial encounter in the maze underground is pretty tense, and the chase through the corridors is something to be admired for it's great ability to be really creepy, as the dimly-lit layout, disorienting nature and off-screen noises all make for some great sequences. The killer here has a nice look, with the bloody scars and wounds, imposing figure and military intelligence gives it a strong advantage in the film, and it makes for a great villain. There's also the film's blood and gore, which here is quite nice. There's a brutal face ripped off, one has their head squeezed until the brain pops off, a power drill rammed into the forehead, stabbing repeatedly in the stomach with a knife and a couple of nice gunshot wounds that also get the job done. There's also the film's leisurely pace, normally a disadvantage but here something that works, since it unravels the mystery nicely and the action in here makes it come along rather nicely. All of these here make the film enjoyable.The Bad News: This one here has a few problems that make this one feel really lower it down a little. The film's pace is something that works well for a time, but there's also a problem here when it stops the pace down and keeps it away from the killings to worry about the story more, and there's a large amount of time that goes by with nothing much of action that happens. This, in the beginning, is fine since it needs to introduce the story and plot, but later on when the truth is known to the characters, there's not much that could've been done to make them move along faster. There's even much longer periods here just because this one has no real point of using them here to slow it down in the later half, and as a result it feels really slow at parts. It's also not helped along by the really slow-going manner of the kills, which are spaced out quite leisurely in the film, and are at such points that there's not a whole lot which occur in the beginning of the film. It really needed to up the pace of the kills in here a little more evenly to make the film move along a little faster, get rid of the talking scenes and put more action in to the film. The last flaw in here is the fact that the killer has a really weak story here. It's been done to death, in having a person who has been undone by the military in a special experiment and becomes a monster, stalking those who are brought in as the rats in the tweaked experiment of the same kind. That's been a repeat offender of a tired cliché, which comes back again and takes another film with that cliché in it's list. These here are the film's weak points.The Final Verdict: A less-than-impressive slasher that still has some good stuff in it to make it somewhat watchable, this here is mainly in the decent category. Give this one a shot if these kinds of films are entertaining or if nothing else is on TV, otherwise this one won't do much to distinguish itself from the pack.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language
offensively terrible
posted on 11 Jan 2008normally, plot holes and bad acting in a horror movie are easy to over-look, as long as the movie is cheesy, violent, and entertaining. the director of this film, David Mitchell, is absolutely clueless, not just about about how to make a decent film, but about everything. so these four rejects, two guys and two girlies, are accepted into the army, but are taken to a military research facility. the four kids don't think it's fishy that they're supposed to sleep in the same room together. one by one they're taken out of the room to be experimented on. so here's one of the worst plot holes: why would they take out one of the kids, experiment on him, then drop him off in the same room before they take another kid? there's a million rooms in that base where they could stash the experiment victim. literally no explanation is given for this. but that's not the worst of it. there's several blatantly sexual scenes in this movie, like when they have to all undress together, or when they go crazy and wanna screw... but there's no nudity. all they do is get down to their underwear and that's it. why? does this director think his film is too classy to show bare breasts? who knows. i have a laundry list of complaints about UKM but i try to keep my reviews short and sweet. please, don't ever see this movie.
Not As Bad As It Is Made Out To Be
posted on 28 Nov 2007UKM is one of those movies that we have all seen before. An obvious storyline with obvious characters that are going to do obvious things. But, the movie does movie along at a nice pace, and, if you are into cheap thrills can be very fun.The story has to do with the military performing crazy experiments on solders trying to create the "Ultimate Killing Machine". It starts out with a great solder being tortured and then being turned into a killer. The movie then goes on to a group of four outcasts that have been sent to the military to be reformed. They to are experimented on and accidentally let the first test subject out, who starts a wild killing spree.That is basically the storyline. As I said before, it is nothing new. It reminds me of a horrible mix of Alien and Wes Cravens Brain Ripper. This really is not a very good movie as the acting is mediocre, the story is lame, and the gore isn't even all that great. Michael Madson pulls in another fabulous performance, that similar of his performance in BloodRayne. It is funny seeing an actor who was great in movies like Reservoir Dogs and other movies similar, fall into such a rut.All around, this movie just doesn't cut it. But, if you have some time to kill, you might enjoy it. Just don't take it to seriously. 5/10
Very weak horror film.
posted on 17 Oct 2007Two guys Waylon and Buddy and two girls Zoe and Carrie decide to join the army.Unfortunately for them they quickly realize that they are the objects of a medical experiment facility with a doctor who plans on turning them into ultimate killing machines."UKM:The Ultimate Killing Machine" is pretty bad.The somewhat intriguing story loses steam after the first fifteen minutes.One of the first test subjects becomes crazy and escapes from his cell going on a killing spree in the military compound squeezing heads of soldiers and occasionally peeling off people's faces.The film lacks suspense and interesting characters and quickly becomes silly.I can't believe that Michael Madsen appeared in this crappy flick.4 out of 10.
Terrible movie! Billy Parrot should have chosen DTNG instead!
posted on 17 Sep 2007I can't believe how bad this movie was.It was so lame I ended up fast forwarding over most of it.The acting was bad enough but the story was worse.I should have known it would be a POS knowing Michael Madsen was in it.A lot of the movies he's in suck.The male characters were weak and wimpy, and the female characters did nothing but humiliate men.It was a b-rated comedy trying to be a horror movie.It had a bad score and was probably one of the most boring movies i've seen in awhile. I was surprised to see Bill Parrot in this movie.I haven't seen him since the late 80's in the TV show Degrassi junior high playing the Shane Mckay character.He should have reprised the Shane character on Degrassi TNG instead of doing a movie as horrible as this, but unfortunately for Bill they found another actor to play Shane which is too bad because I prefer Bill in the role.
Madsen, why have thou forsaken me???
posted on 25 Jun 2007Military experiment on unknowing test subjects in this beyond lame heavily clichéd horror flick. Horrid acting, lousy special effects, a moronic plot line, and Michael Madsen collide in what can arguably be said is the worst movie I've seen this year. Mr. Madsen, did you really need the money this bad??? Tp make matters worse all of the characters are horribly annoying and make the minutes I wasted on this festering turd stretch on and on forever making it seem like an eternity. Make no doubt about it, this movie is bad with a capital B in every possible or conceivable way.My Grade: F
terrible- not worth watching for any reason
posted on 03 Jun 2007Another embarrassment to Canadian film making. I think it was supposed to have some humour, but again first rule about being funny: don't try to be funny. Also, the acting was terrible, how anyone justifies putting the time in to do something like this and then some other jerk justifies buying it and then some idiot at Rogers justifies putting it on the air? I don't know. To the actors of this film, take some acting lessons and dig deep, because the audience deserves it. Acting is not easy and if you think you've done it here, you should probably quit. The whole thing is terrible. Terrible. Terrible. I could not even get past the first ten minutes. Michael Madsen is a good actor, but even the editing and shot selection made him look kind of weak.
Good Plot, god awful execution
posted on 20 May 2007I have seen a lot of bad movies in my time, I Spit On Your Grave, Exorcist II, Ghostdog... This film makes them all look like blockbusters! The acting was comical, I wasn't sure if they were making an attempt at humour or they were just so perplexed by the script that it came out that way.The film seemed to start in the middle and then end! There was no start or finish, I can't see anyone seriously enjoying this film, it's not even got the 'This film is so, bad watch it' catchphrase attached to it, it is THAT BAD.This could have easily been a decent film, if:A)They had written a proper script rather than putting one together in 3 minutes. B)Had a budget over £10 C)The actors could actA suggestion.. Do not watch this film, and don't expect Mr Madsen to appear in anything worth watching again.m00f
Coulda been a contenda
posted on 27 Nov 2006I got sucked into this because of Michael Madsen, who is working hard to get to his 200th film appearance. He may have well over a dozen appearances this year alone. This was not one of his best, but it was certainly in character and an easy paycheck.The Army is having problems finding soldiers. Instead of getting out of Iraq, they turn to scientists to develop the Ultimate Fighting Machine. Holy Universal Soldier Batman! Nothing original here.They experiment with a real war hero (Simon Northwood), but he is too advanced, so they recruit a jock, a nerd, a slut, and a neurotic virgin. War hero gets loose and carnage begins. There is a lot of blood; even a ripped off face, but there just isn't enough action to keep things interesting.The complete lack of titillation makes this a chase for the out of control machine while the new recruits run around trying to escape. It is probably in the Wat-Mart $5 bin right now. Save your money and watch Near Dark again.
military experiments
posted on 16 Jul 2009The Ultimate Killing Machine is about four kids that are recruited as test subjects into a secret army program that will change them into killing machines. The procedure involves stem cell treatments that enhance the physical attributes of the subjects making them very powerful and also horny. The kids aren't aware that they are test subjects until they start coming back from training with holes in the back of their necks. They figure it isn't such good training when one of the original test subjects breaks free and reeks havoc throughout the installation killing everything in sight except the kids at first. The ultimate battle takes place and the results need to be seen. Relatively good acting, sick script, good cinematography and directing.