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Cyborg 2 (1993)
Directed by Michael Schroeder
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Overview
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA’s Pinwheel Robotics and Japan’s Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype cyborg developed for corporate espionage and assassination. She is filled with a liquid explosive called Glass Shadow. Pinwheel plans to eliminate the entire Kobayashi board of directors by using Casella
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Elias Koteas | Angelina Jolie | Jack Palance | Billy Drago | Karen Sheperd | Allen Garfield | Ric Young | Renee Griffin | Sven-Ole Thorsen | Tracey Walter | Jim Youngs | Robert Dryer | John Durbin | Patrick O'Connell | Sheryl Mary Lewis | Elizabeth Sung | Rick Hill | Linus Huffman
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/27/2011 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Another movie I’ve known about for years but just never got around to watching, Cyborg 2 embodies a lot of what’s fun about B-movies. It’s certainly not perfect, but it does have some fun stuff, including some great miniatures scenes at the beginning and end of the movie, a very youthful Angelina Jolie, Elias Koteas, who strangely looks the same age as he does now, and lots of voiceovery goodness from Jack Palance. Oh, and let’s not forget the overacting of Billy Drago, and the beautiful actress/stuntwoman Karen Sheperd.
Ostensibly a sequel to Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 1989 Cyborg (a movie I’m sure I’ve watched but can’t recall at all), the plot is fairly meaningless and the action is a bit goofy at times, but overall, a lot of fun to watch.
Michael Schroeder, the director of Cyborg 2, also directed the sequel, Cyborg 3: The Recycler (a telling title if there ever was one) which features Malcolm McDowell and has the tag line “Enter the dark underworld of Cybordellos, Mechano-Whores and Synthetic Humanoids.”
You know I have every intention of watching that, just as soon as I watch the original Cyborg to refresh my memory!
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