Cyborg

Cyborg (1989)

Timing: 1:26 (86 min)

5.7/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-04-07

Country

United States

Production

Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure

Budget

$500 000

Revenue

$10 166 459

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Director

Albert Pyun

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Alex Daniels, Ralf Moeller, Dayle Haddon, Blaise Loong, Haley Peterson, Terrie Batson, Jackson 'Rock' Pinckney
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Scenario

Producer

Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

Operator

Philip Alan Waters

Composer

Kevin Bassinson

Artist

Audition

Nancy Lara-Hansch, Beth Ann Bowen

Editing

Scott Stevenson, Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme
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• On American television, this film aired under the title "Masters of the Universe II: The Cyborg." The reason is that the film was intended to be a continuation of the 1987 TV movie "Masters of the Universe." A script had already been written, but the project was closed, and the script was rewritten for a feature film.
• The names of the main characters consist of the names of the most famous guitar and music equipment manufacturers: Gibson Rickenbacker (Gibson and Rickenbacker are legendary companies that produce electric and bass guitars); Fender Tremolo (Fender is an equally well-known company, Tremolo is a guitar playing technique, as well as a mechanism primarily installed on Fenders); Nady Simmons (Nady is a microphone and music equipment company, Simmons is a company that produces electronic drum sets); Pearl (Pearl is a drum set company); Marshall (Marshall is a music equipment company (best known for amplifiers), Strat – a shortened name for Fender Stratocaster guitars).
• Later, "Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow" (1993) and "Cyborg 3: Recycler" (1994) were filmed, which had nothing to do with this film.
• The film premiered simultaneously in 830 cinemas, and its box office takings for the weekend (April 7-9) amounted to $3,179,811, which was one and a half times the film's budget.
• The film's director, Albert Pyun, wanted Chuck Norris to play the lead role, as he was under contract with the film company "The Cannon Group Inc.", but Menachem Golan suggested casting Jean-Claude Van Damme instead.
• Throughout the film, the characters almost never address each other by name. The film also features very few people, little dialogue, and a near complete absence of firearms.
• Music from the film was used by the death metal band "Mortician" as an intro on the album "World Damnation", and Fendler's monologue was used by several other bands in songs.
• Jackson "The Rock" Pinkney, who played one of Fendler Tremolo's pirates, lost an eye during the filming of a fight scene with Jean-Claude Van Damme due to the latter's negligence with a knife. Pinkney sued Van Damme and won the case in 1993, with Jean-Claude Van Damme found guilty of intentional infliction of harm and ordered to pay Pinkney $485,000 in compensation.
• This film marked the cinematic debut of Vincent Klyn and Ralf Möller.
• The film was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina.
• This was Cannon's last release before filing for bankruptcy in 1987.
• Jean-Claude Van Damme's fee was only $50,000.
• On the way to Atlanta, Pearl (Dale Headon) tells Fender (Vincent Klyn) that civilization still exists in Atlanta. When they arrive, the streets are deserted.