Cyborg Cop (1993)

Director:

Sam Firstenberg

Writer:

Greg Latter (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 1993 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Programmed to kill... He is unstoppable.

Plot:

Ex-cop Jack receives an emergency call from his brother Phillip on the Caribic island St. Keith and hurries to help...

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Decapitation | Throat Slitting | Helicopter | First Of Series

Cast

David Bradley	...	Jack
John Rhys-Davies	...	Kessel
Todd Jensen	...	Phillip
Alonna Shaw	...	Cathy
Ron Smerczak	...	Callan
Rufus Swart	...	Cyborg
Anthony Fridjohn	...	Hogan
Shalom Kenan	...	Steve
Robert Whitehead	...	Dr. Stechman
Frank Notaro	...	Crazy Man
Steven Leader	...	Frankie
Kurt Egelhof	...	Rastaman
Billy Mashigo	...	Young Cop
Ernest Ndhlovu	...	Sergeant
Seldom Ngwenia	...	Burly Cop
David Pithou	...	Hotel Manager
Sydney Chama	...	Businessman 1
Dick Reineke	...	Businessman 2
Graham Weir	...	Local 1 Jive
Ramalao Makhene	...	Workman (as Ramolao Makhene)
Kimberleigh Stark	...	Woman Hostage (as Kimberly Stark)
Robert Reynolds	...	Johnson

Directed by
Sam Firstenberg

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Greg Latter		writer

Produced by
Avi Lerner	....	executive producer
Danny Lerner	....	producer
Joanna Plafsky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Fishman

Cinematography by
Yossi Wein

Film Editing by
Alan Pattillo

Casting by
Kevin Alber

Production Design by
John Rosewaine

Costume Design by
Ruy Filipe

Makeup Department
Debra-Lee Davidson	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andre Weavind	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Mark Auret	....	props assistant
Michael Hyman	....	lead scenic

Sound Department
Jennifer Govey	....	assistant sound editor
Nina Hartstone	....	assistant sound editor
Otto Snel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sandy Buchanan	....	post-production sound assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Simon Harris	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Carmen Babnick	....	stunts
Wade Eastwood	....	stunts

Editorial Department
Karen Warnock	....	first assistant picture editor

Other crew
Antoinette van Speyk	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Nu Image Films

Distributors

• Medusa Home Video (1993) (UK) (VHS)
• Vidmark Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL7)
• Arcade Movie Company (199?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Hollywood DVD Ltd. (????) (UK) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Cyborg Ninja (USA) (working title)
Cyborg Cop (Greece) (TV title) [el]
Cyborg Cop (France) (video title) [fr]
Cyborg Cop - A Guerra do Narcotráfico (Brazil) [pt]
Cyborg zsaru 1. (Hungary) [hu]
Polícia Cyborg (Portugal) [pt]

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:M | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Nu Image Films

Trivia:

Rufus Swart's final role.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Merchant of Death (1997)

The greatest film ever made.

I bought this on DVD for £1 after me and a friend of mine were having a season of watching really lame films, and I have to say, this is very possibly the most unintentionally funny film I have ever seen in my whole life. I don't know what the hell Sam Firstenberg was smoking when he made it, but whatever it was seems to have totally affected his ability to shout "Cut!" as there are so many scenes that left me wondering why the hell they didn't just go back and refilm them. And the editing is atrociously bad. Look carefully during the scene where David Bradley's character is assaulting the house on his motorbike. He jumps off the bike, and shoots twice at a couple of guys, one on the roof, and one on a balcony. Count them, he fires two shots. So then why, inexplicably, does a third man roll down the stairs immediately after, clearly having been shot? It was this kind of total sloppiness that made the film so enjoyable, yet baffling, as they obviously had a decent enough size budget to hire helicopters and blow the hell out of everything, yet not enough to edit the damn thing right...

Other unintentionally comic moments are: "Quincy" the Cyborg (Yes, Quincy...) trying to smash through the door in the morgue but nearly knocking himself out as only the top half of the door crumples (my favourite bit. Watch it in slo-mo...).

Quincy getting electrocuted and walking into a wall.

Quincy's hand-knife-glove-fingers.

Quincy, the most advanced robot cyborg in the world deciding the best way to kill the president during the demonstration is to dive through the windscreen headfirst and catch fire.

David Bradley doing a spinning kick and kicking no-one in the face in the fight outside the bar.

David Bradley disarming a guard, then spinning round on the spot for no reason before shooting him.

David Bradley's lame attempts to distract the police officers in the car before he snatches the gun.

David Bradley's Bumbag.

David Bradley.

Todd Jensen's "Philip" cyborg, and his wholly inappropriate cyborg voice. Coupled with a hilarious penchant for repeating words for no reason, such as, John Rhys-Davies: "this is the bank"...

Philip: "BANK"...

Put simply, if you haven't seen this movie, hunt it down. It is utterly hilarious, for all the wrong reasons. 10 out of 10.