Cyborg

Cyborg (1989)

He's the first hero of the 21st Century... and he's our only hope.

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

Date of release
1989-04-07
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (872)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure
Director
Albert Pyun
Collection
Cyborg Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $10.2M
  • Budget: $1.8M
  • Earned 5.6× its budget
  • Filmed in: North Carolina

Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts cyberpunk film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future. It is the first installment in the Cyborg film series and it was followed by the sequels Cyborg 2 (1993) and Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994).

Production

Cannon Films initially intended to make a sequel to the 1987 He-Man film Masters of the Universe and a live-action Spider-Man film. Both projects were planned to be shot simultaneously by Albert Pyun. Cannon, however, was in financial trouble and had to cancel deals with both Mattel and Marvel Entertainment Group, the owners of He-Man and Spider-Man, respectively.

Several of the characters' names are references to well-known manufacturers and models of guitars and other musical instruments:

Gibson Rickenbacker: Gibson, Rickenbacker

Marshall Strat: Marshall Amplifiers, Fender Stratocaster

Pearl Prophet: Pearl drums, Prophet 5 synthesizer

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