Cyborg


Cyborg

Overview:

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

Votes 151 (4.8/10)

Runtime: 86 minutes

Release Date 1989-04-07

Budget: $500,000.00

Revenue: $10,166,459.00

Tagline: He's the First Hero of the 21st Century... And He's Our Only Hope.

Production company:

  • Cannon Group
  • Golan-Globus

Production country:

  • United States of America

Genres:

  • Action
  • Science Fiction

Trailer

Further Information

Gibson Rickenbacker
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Nady Simmons
Deborah Richter
Deborah Richter
Fender Tremolo
Vincent Klyn
Vincent Klyn
Marshall Strat
Alex Daniels
Alex Daniels
Brick Bardo
Ralf Moeller
Ralf Moeller
Pearl Prophet
Dayle Haddon
Dayle Haddon
Furman Vux / Pirate / Bandit
Blaise Loong
Blaise Loong
Haley
Haley Peterson
Haley Peterson
Mary
Terrie Batson
Terrie Batson
Tytus / Pirate / Bandit
Jackson 'Rock' Pinckney
Jackson 'Rock' Pinckney
Vorg
Janice Graser
Janice Graser
Base / Pirate / Bandit
Robert Pentz
Robert Pentz
Prather / Pirate / Bandit
Sharon K. Tew
Sharon K. Tew
Vondo / Pirate / Bandit
Chuck Allen
Chuck Allen
Xylo / Pirate / Bandit
Stefanos Miltsakakis
Stefanos Miltsakakis
Young Haley
Kristina Sebastian
Kristina Sebastian
Line Producer
Tom Karnowski
Tom Karnowski
Editor
Scott Stevenson
Scott Stevenson
Editor
Sheldon Lettich
Sheldon Lettich
Producer
Menahem Golan
Menahem Golan
Producer
Yoram Globus
Yoram Globus
Editor
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Makeup Effects
Greg Cannom
Greg Cannom
Original Music Composer
Kevin Bassinson
Kevin Bassinson
Screenplay
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun
Director
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun
Director of Photography
Philip Alan Waters
Philip Alan Waters
Editor
Rosanne Zingale
Rosanne Zingale
Hairstylist
Michelle Johnson
Michelle Johnson
Production Design
Douglas H. Leonard
Douglas H. Leonard
Costume Design
Heidi Kaczenski
Heidi Kaczenski
Animation
Justin Kohn
Justin Kohn
Makeup Artist
Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi
Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi
Casting
Nancy Lara-Hansch
Nancy Lara-Hansch
Casting
Beth Ann Bowen
Beth Ann Bowen
Set Decoration
Yvonne Hegney
Yvonne Hegney

Kenneth Axel Carlsson

I remember seeing this movie in my youth, back when it was normal to make movies like this. Back then, the stars were named Stallone, Van Damme and Schwarzenegger, and no matter what they did, they couldn't go wrong. We all wanted to be like these. Today, luckily stars need acting skills and not just muscles and a bit of martial art skill. In fact, had this movie been made today, it might even have been a masterpiece to be compared to such post-apocalyptic movies as Children of Men and The Road. Lets take a brief look at the story, because there is a story hidden here somewhere. We are in The States, a world that has been destroyed completely by anarchy, genocide and starvation, a world where the plague has spread, keeping the population down to an absolute minimum. Somewhere, scientists have found a cure, though, a cure that everyone wants, for good or bad. A cyborg named Pearl is sent into the world to retrieve this cure, and at the beginning of the movie, we learn that she has found it and is taking it back to the doctors who created her. A cyborg, by the way, is a man (or woman) who have been so heavily implemented with cybernetics that they could no longer be recognized as being humans. Pearl is taken by Fender, a madman who also kicks off the movie as our narrator, explaining how he enjoys this new world. Gibs (played by Van Damme) briefly encounters the cyborg, but is really only interested in killing Fender. Those two have a dark past, a past that Gibs (or Gibson) relives throughout the movie in long flashbacks. He was once charged to get a small family to safety outside the city, but Fender interfered and tried to kill them. Now he even has one of the children, a girl named Haley, among his pirates. Gibson is followed by another girl, one named Nady. She is interested in the cure even though Gibs care little for this. They are unlikely travelling companions, but starts out on a big journey towards Atlanta, hoping to catch up with Fender and Pearl, to get revenge... and the cure. Along the way, they encounter many dangers, and finally catch up with the pirates. Cyborg is a low budget movie that tries too hard. Just take a look at the first scene, in New York. Less is more, and if only the director would have remembered that. If only I had had the option to remove the music, then I might actually have enjoyed the movie a little, but no, there is music in nearly all scenes, with only a few exceptions. Music that wants us to feel certain things, and that wants us to be prepared for what is coming. If only we were talking about a beautiful score by Hans Zimmer, but alas, we are not. So why do I ask if this is a failure, or a masterpiece? Well, what if the director deliberately used poor actors, to tell us something of the human race. What if he wanted us to think that all humans in this future were somehow cyborgs, part man, part machine? Unfortunately, this is not so, the director wants us to feel something for Gibs, Nady, Haley and Pearl, and therefore he makes them all human, a humanity that their acting skills cannot handle. Alas, this is not a masterpiece in any way, but a big failure, a movie with a tolerable plot, but that fails to deliver it in a believable way. _Last words... my only star goes to the two beautiful paintings of New York and Atlanta that we see in the beginning and end of the movie. These are hauntingly beautiful, but unfortunately, the rest of the movie... is not._

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