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Cyborg is a 1989 American action science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun. Produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus through The Cannon Group and Golan-Globus Productions, the movie stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Vincent Klyn, Dayle Haddon, and Ralf Moeller. Filmed in North Carolina, the plot follows a martial artist hunting a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future. The film was released in 1989 and is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix.
The production had a budget of 500,000 and a capital cost of 1,800,000, generating a box office revenue of 10,166,459. It has a runtime of 86 minutes and is rated R. Critical reception includes a review score of 3.5/10 and 22%, a Metascore of 24/100, and an IMDb rating of 5.1. The film is followed by Cyborg 2 and is available in video on demand format.
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Film · TMDB
5.7A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Cast
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Gibson Rickenbacker
- Deborah Richter as Nady Simmons
- Vincent Klyn as Fender Tremolo
- Alex Daniels as Marshall Strat
- Ralf Moeller as Brick Bardo
- Dayle Haddon as Pearl Prophet
Themes
- future
- new york city
- martial arts
- cyborg
- post-apocalyptic future
- mercenary
- cyberpunk
- anarchy
- nostalgic
- action hero
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Ratings
IMDb
5/10
35,162 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
22%
Metacritic
24/100
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Albert Pyun
- Written by
- Albert Pyun Daniel Hubbard-Smith
- Produced by
- Menahem Golan Yoram Globus
- Starring
- Jean-Claude Van Damme Deborah Richter Vincent Klyn Dayle Haddon
- Cinematography
- Philip Alan Waters
- Edited by
- Scott Stevenson Rozanne Zingale
- Music by
- Kevin Bassinson
- Production company
- The Cannon Group
- Distributed by
- The Cannon Group
- Release date
- April 7, 1989 ( 1989-04-07 )
- Running time
- 82 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- <$500,000
- Box office
- $9.5–10.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cyberpunk
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Cyborg 2
- Director
- Q1386207
- Screenwriter
- Q1386207
- Cast member
- Deborah Richter
- Producer
- Yoram Globus
- Production company
- The Cannon Group
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 519134
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-06-22
- title
- Cyborg
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 1800000
- box office
- 10166459
- review score
- 22%
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Encyclopedic overview
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 (Vincent Klyn) along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future. 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).
Plot
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