Cyborg (1989)

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer (WGA):

Kitty Chalmers (written by)

Release Date:

7 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Future | Cyborg | Sword | Nudity

Cast

Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Gibson Rickenbacker
Deborah Richter	...	Nady Simmons
Vincent Klyn	...	Fender Tremolo
Alex Daniels	...	Marshall Strat
Dayle Haddon	...	Pearl Prophet
Blaise Loong	...	Furman Vux / Pirate / Bandit
Ralf Moeller	...	Brick Bardo (as Rolf Muller)
Haley Peterson	...	Haley
Terrie Batson	...	Mary
Jackson 'Rock' Pinckney	...	Tytus / Pirate / Bandit
Janice Graser	...	Vorg
Robert Pentz	...	Base / Pirate / Bandit
Sharon K. Tew	...	Prather / Pirate / Bandit
Chuck Allen	...	Vondo / Pirate / Bandit
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Xylo / Pirate / Bandit
Kristina Sebastian	...	Young Haley
Thomas Barley	...	Willy
Dale Frye	...	Sather / Pirate / Bandit
Jophery C. Brown	...	Saloon Owner / Pirate / Bandit (as Jophery Brown)
Jim Creech	...	Roland Pick
Matt McColm	...	Pirate / Bandit
Karen Spell	...	Pirate / Bandit
James Irwin	...	Pirate / Bandit (as James G. Irwin)
Johnny Grady Jr.	...	Pirate / Bandit
Michael Halford	...	Pirate / Bandit (as Michaell Craig Halford)
O.D. Wilson	...	Pirate / Bandit
Bruce Frye	...	Pirate / Bandit
Tim Gilbert	...	Pirate / Bandit
Bill Morrison	...	Pirate / Bandit
Tommy Evans	...	Pirate / Bandit

Directed by
Albert Pyun

Writing credits (WGA)
Kitty Chalmers		(written by)

Produced by
Yoram Globus	....	producer
Menahem Golan	....	producer
Tom Karnowski	....	line producer

Original Music by
Kevin Bassinson

Cinematography by
Philip Alan Waters

Film Editing by
Scott Stevenson
Rosanne Zingale
Sheldon Lettich		(uncredited)
Jean-Claude Van Damme		(uncredited)

Casting by
Beth Ann Bowen
Nancy Lara-Hansch		(as Nancy Lara)

Production Design by
Douglas H. Leonard

Set Decoration by
Yvonne Hegney

Costume Design by
Heidi Kaczenski

Makeup Department
Teri Blythe	....	key makeup artist
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects
Rudolph Eavy III	....	assistant makeup artist
Nancy Hvasta	....	makeup artist
Michelle Johnson	....	hair stylist
Susan Lewis	....	assistant hair stylist
Larry Odien	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Elliott	....	second unit director
Michael Katleman	....	first assistant director
James Lansbury	....	second assistant director
Jon Paré	....	first assistant director (as Jonathan P. Pare)

Art Department
Joel DeLoach	....	art department coordinator
George Hesse	....	set dresser
Brian Kontz	....	plasterer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
Tina Canny	....	re-recording projectionist
Thierry J. Couturier	....	sound editor
Gary Dowling	....	sound
Tommy Goodwin	....	adr mixer
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Kini Kay	....	sound effects editor
Alan Selk	....	sound (as Alan J. Selk)
Dean St. John	....	adr recordist
Dean St. John	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
William Dawson	....	special effects technician
Joe Digaetano	....	special effects supervisor
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects supervisor
Tim Jones	....	special effects assistant
Geoffrey C. Martin	....	special effects technician
Larry Reid	....	special effects foreman
Jeep Stapleton	....	special effects assistant
Laszlo Stumpf	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Betzy Bromberg	....	optical supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
David Emerson	....	optical camera
David Emerson	....	optical camera: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Ernest D. Farino	....	visual effects supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
John Huneck	....	camera operator: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Leslie Huntley	....	production supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Michael Joyce	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Justin Kohn	....	character animation: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Ken Marschall	....	matte artist: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Bret Mixon	....	rotoscope: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Bret Mixon	....	rotoscoping
Heather Pumphrey	....	visual effects production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Christopher Warren	....	go-motion technician: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Gene Warren Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.

Stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Brown)
Tom Elliott	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts
Shannon Gordon	....	stunt performer
Blaise Loong	....	stunts
Matt McColm	....	stunts
Jim O'Rear	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Phillip Dillon	....	additional photographer
Bill Finger	....	second assistant camera
Tony Hardmon	....	assistant camera
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	grip
Tom Jensen	....	second assistant camera
D.L. 'Pete' Peterson	....	crane operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine H. Scott	....	costumes

Editorial Department
James Gavin Bedford	....	first assistant editor
Carole Henderson Harrington	....	assistant editor
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen	....	post-production coordinator
Stan Sztaba	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Virginia S. Ellsworth	....	music editor
Joachim H. Hansch	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Randall Pickett	....	driver
Greg Stancil	....	driver

Other crew
Blaise Loong	....	consultant: sword and martial arts
Merry Lowry-Donner	....	script supervisor
Linda Pickett	....	craft service
Joe Straw	....	production accountant
Rik Converse	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michel Qissi	....	fight trainer: Mr. Van Damme (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Cannon Entertainment (presents)
• Golan-Globus Productions

Distributors

• Cannon Group, The (1989) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cannon France (1989) (France) (theatrical)
• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1989) (Canada) (theatrical)
• First Release (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Scotia International Filmverleih (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Ízaro Films (1989) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Cannon Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Delta Vidéo Diffusion (????) (France) (VHS)
• MGM (1989) (Spain) (VHS)
• MGM (2000) (Spain) (DVD)
• MGM/UA France (????) (France) (DVD)
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)

Special Effects

• Fantasy II Film Effects (special visual effects)
• Make-up Effects Unlimited

Other Companies

• Pacific Title  main titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Masters of the Universe 2 (USA) (TV title)
Masters of the Universe 2: Cyborg (USA) (TV title)
Cyborg (France) [fr]
Cyborg (Italy) (video title) [it]
Cyborg (Spain) [es]
Cyborg (Greece) [el]
Helten (Denmark) [da]

Runtime:

86 min | Germany:59 min (VHS version) (heavily cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16 (heavily cut) | West Germany:18 (DVD rating) (JK/SPIO) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (cut) | Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1989) | Finland:K-18 (1990) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (2001) (uncut) | Denmark:15 | Australia:M (DVD re-rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Brazil:16 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Castle Hayne, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Cannon Entertainment

Trivia:

This was the last official theatrical release for Cannon Films after going bankrupt in 1987.

Goofs:

Continuity: Early in the film, Nady and Gibson meet up with a group of masked men in an abandoned concrete building. One of them jumps down onto a concrete table and scares Nady. In this scene, Nady has Levi's blue jeans instead of the grey pants she wears throughout the rest of the film.

Quotes:

Willy: Go to hell!
Fender Tremolo: Been there.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resident Alien (1990)

Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto...

A slinger(?) from the future looks to take revenge on the group of pirates who killed his family in a post apocalypse wasteland. Also on board is a cyborg who has the cure for a plague and holds the key to the survival of mankind. Of course she must deliver the information in her head to Atlanta and she needs a hero to deliver her from the pirates. I must admit that Cyborg is one of those movies I found extremely funny. Where as I can give other action flicks a higher rating because they actually do a few things right, Cyborg manages to do practically everything wrong. The action sequences are decently choreographed but the ridiculous nature surrounding them and interminable grunting and screaming which accompanies them make this a laughable effort. Plus the movie is often times hard to follow coherently and Pyun tacks on far too many pointless flashbacks to beef up it's (thankfully) scant running time.

Also why on earth does the main bad guy wear chain mail when he's in a hot climate half of the time?

* out of 4 (Bad)