It’s time for a new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show, and in this one hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are joined by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre, Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson). Also known as the Manson Brothers, Margetis and Carey have their own show on the Arrow in the Head Show YouTube channel, so this episode of The Arrow in the Head Show can be considered a crossover! And what movie could bring all of these titans together? They have joined forces to cover director Albert Pyun’s 1989 film Cyborg (watch it Here), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme!
Scripted by Pyun and Daniel Hubbard-Smith, Cyborg has the following synopsis: In a future beset by chaos and violence, mercenary Gibson Rickenbacker is charged with a mission that could change everything: protecting beautiful cyborg Pearl Prophet.
Scripted by Pyun and Daniel Hubbard-Smith, Cyborg has the following synopsis: In a future beset by chaos and violence, mercenary Gibson Rickenbacker is charged with a mission that could change everything: protecting beautiful cyborg Pearl Prophet.
- 3/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Legendary B-movie director Albert Pyun passed away this week, leaving behind many glorious contributions to this column, including…
Cyborg (1989)
Director: Albert Pyun
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn
Is There A Plot?
In a completely unimaginable future where a deadly plague and the collapse of civilized society have completely destroyed humanity, a martial arts mercenary hunts down the pirate warlord who killed his family. There’s also a cyborg occasionally.
What’S The Damage?
Cyborg has the esteemed distinction of being the last movie released by Cannon Films, purveyor of such B-movie classics as Superman IV, Over The Top, and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, before the company went bankrupt amid an SEC investigation. It’s a film that only exists because of two higher profile Cannon failures: a sequel to Dolph Lundgren’s Masters Of The Universe and, believe it or not, a live-action Spider-man movie. In the late 1980s,...
Cyborg (1989)
Director: Albert Pyun
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn
Is There A Plot?
In a completely unimaginable future where a deadly plague and the collapse of civilized society have completely destroyed humanity, a martial arts mercenary hunts down the pirate warlord who killed his family. There’s also a cyborg occasionally.
What’S The Damage?
Cyborg has the esteemed distinction of being the last movie released by Cannon Films, purveyor of such B-movie classics as Superman IV, Over The Top, and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo, before the company went bankrupt amid an SEC investigation. It’s a film that only exists because of two higher profile Cannon failures: a sequel to Dolph Lundgren’s Masters Of The Universe and, believe it or not, a live-action Spider-man movie. In the late 1980s,...
- 12/3/2022
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
There are some faces that come to mind every now and then even if their names tend to escape a lot of people, and Vincent Klyn would fit that description quite well. Back in the 80s and even into the 90s and 2000s he was the type of character you’d generally see as a villain or a thug, or both, since looking at the guy is enough to make a lot of people understand. He does have that kind of brutish look to him that makes it apparent that he would be intimidating when given the right appearance in a
Whatever Happened to Vincent Klyn?...
Whatever Happened to Vincent Klyn?...
- 11/2/2021
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
[We're celebrating some of the most memorable horror and sci-fi movies of 1989 this month in Daily Dead's Class of 89 retrospective series! Check back on Daily Dead throughout the rest of August for more special features celebrating the 30th anniversaries of a wide range of horror and sci-fi films!]
If you are old enough, I’m sure you miss the video store days. Those wonderful Friday nights at the local movie rental palace, with row after row of potential mind-expanding, mind-exploding cinema. From the experimental to the exploitive and even the exalted works in beautiful genre-identified, alphabetized sections with a recommendation wall where Godard’s Pierrot le fou could live comfortably next to Gordon’s From Beyond. It was an exceptional time and place for a cinephile to wander, sometimes aimlessly, into an interesting Friday night movie.
In my neighborhood, we had all the rental chains and a few “mom and pop” shops, but the best place in my neck of the woods to find the strangest cataloging of movies was at this local grocery store that had the videos right next to the bakery. The grouping of movies ranged from “Clint Eastwood Westerns” to “Non-Clint Eastwood Westerns,” “Scary...
If you are old enough, I’m sure you miss the video store days. Those wonderful Friday nights at the local movie rental palace, with row after row of potential mind-expanding, mind-exploding cinema. From the experimental to the exploitive and even the exalted works in beautiful genre-identified, alphabetized sections with a recommendation wall where Godard’s Pierrot le fou could live comfortably next to Gordon’s From Beyond. It was an exceptional time and place for a cinephile to wander, sometimes aimlessly, into an interesting Friday night movie.
In my neighborhood, we had all the rental chains and a few “mom and pop” shops, but the best place in my neck of the woods to find the strangest cataloging of movies was at this local grocery store that had the videos right next to the bakery. The grouping of movies ranged from “Clint Eastwood Westerns” to “Non-Clint Eastwood Westerns,” “Scary...
- 8/20/2019
- by Monte Yazzie
- DailyDead
There will never be another studio like the Cannon Group, the company co-owned by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who famously churned out dozens upon dozens of low-budget genre films in the 1980s. Though known for producing mostly schlock, the Cannon run of the ‘80s is one of my favorite periods for movies, probably because they made exactly the kinds of movies I grew up loving and still do to this day.
A shameless combination of Flashdance, The Exorcist, and a ninja movie, Ninja III: The Domination is the third installment of Cannon’s “ninja” trilogy, none of which have anything to do with one another except that Sho Kosugi appears in all of them, each time playing a totally different character. It begins as all ninja movies do: on a golf course. We’re then introduced to Lucinda Dickey (Breakin’), who stars as a woman who works on telephone...
A shameless combination of Flashdance, The Exorcist, and a ninja movie, Ninja III: The Domination is the third installment of Cannon’s “ninja” trilogy, none of which have anything to do with one another except that Sho Kosugi appears in all of them, each time playing a totally different character. It begins as all ninja movies do: on a golf course. We’re then introduced to Lucinda Dickey (Breakin’), who stars as a woman who works on telephone...
- 7/6/2018
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Scream Factory takes viewers into a dystopian future of cannibal pirates, human/robot hybrids, and Jean-Claude Van Damme in their new Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of Cyborg, and with the cult 1989 sci-fi thriller out now on home video like never before, we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Collector's Edition Blu-ray copy of Cyborg.
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Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 1st.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Collector's Edition Blu-ray copy of Cyborg.
How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:
1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:
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2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Cyborg Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 1st.
- 4/24/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Jean-Claude Van Damme? Check. Cyborg hybrid? Check. Flesh-eating pirates? Check. On April 24th, Scream Factory will release the Collector's Edition of Cyborg (1989) on Blu-ray, and we have three high-def clips and a trailer from the sci-fi gem to share with Daily Dead readers:
Cyborg Collector's Edition Blu-ray: "Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as the future's most fearsome warrior in this adrenaline-charged sci-fi thriller.
Deteriorating from a deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote for themselves and rule the world. Now, only saber-wielding hero Gibson Rickenbacker (Van Damme) can rescue her and save civilization.
Bonus Features
New 4K Scan From The Original Film...
Cyborg Collector's Edition Blu-ray: "Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as the future's most fearsome warrior in this adrenaline-charged sci-fi thriller.
Deteriorating from a deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote for themselves and rule the world. Now, only saber-wielding hero Gibson Rickenbacker (Van Damme) can rescue her and save civilization.
Bonus Features
New 4K Scan From The Original Film...
- 4/23/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Pitting Jean-Claude Van Damme against the Flesh Pirates, the 1989 sci-fi thriller Cyborg is coming out on a Collector's Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory this April, and we have a look at the full list of special features, including several interviews and a new audio commentary from writer/director Albert Pyun:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as the future’s most fearsome warrior in the adrenaline-charged sci-fi thriller Cyborg, available on Blu-ray in a Scream Factory Collector’s Edition set loaded with new bonus features, on April 24, 2018.
Deteriorating from a deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as the future’s most fearsome warrior in the adrenaline-charged sci-fi thriller Cyborg, available on Blu-ray in a Scream Factory Collector’s Edition set loaded with new bonus features, on April 24, 2018.
Deteriorating from a deadly plague, 21st-Century America is descending into a barbaric nightmare. Only Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon), a beautiful half human/half cyborg, has the knowledge necessary to develop a vaccine. But during her quest to gather data and bring the cure to the world, Pearl is captured by cannibalistic Flesh Pirates who plot to keep the antidote...
- 3/13/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Cyborg
Written by Kitty Chalmers and Daniel Hubbard-Smith
Directed by Albert Pyun
U.S.A., 1989
In the future, a dangerous plague wipes out much of humanity, civilization crumbling away with it. Enter the pirates, gangs that reap barbaric pleasure out of rape and pillage. One such faction is led by the Goliath-like figure of Fender (Vincent Klyn), a psychotic individual seeking to intercept a female cyborg, Pearl (Dayle Haddon), traversing the United States to Atlanta and carrying the secret medicinal knowledge that will help the country’s few remaining doctors determine a cure to the deadly virus. Dayle cannot make the journey alone, requiring the help of tracker Gibson (Jean-Claude Van Damme) a man wrestling with his own demons and wanting to settle a score with the nefarious Fender.
Right from the opening minutes it is abundantly clear that the filmmakers wish to ape the general tone and aesthetic...
Written by Kitty Chalmers and Daniel Hubbard-Smith
Directed by Albert Pyun
U.S.A., 1989
In the future, a dangerous plague wipes out much of humanity, civilization crumbling away with it. Enter the pirates, gangs that reap barbaric pleasure out of rape and pillage. One such faction is led by the Goliath-like figure of Fender (Vincent Klyn), a psychotic individual seeking to intercept a female cyborg, Pearl (Dayle Haddon), traversing the United States to Atlanta and carrying the secret medicinal knowledge that will help the country’s few remaining doctors determine a cure to the deadly virus. Dayle cannot make the journey alone, requiring the help of tracker Gibson (Jean-Claude Van Damme) a man wrestling with his own demons and wanting to settle a score with the nefarious Fender.
Right from the opening minutes it is abundantly clear that the filmmakers wish to ape the general tone and aesthetic...
- 4/1/2015
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Ryan Lambie Jul 6, 2016
How did an 80s Van Damme action flick emerge from a failed Spider-Man movie and Masters Of The Universe sequel? Ryan takes a look...
Cannon Films was in deep trouble by 1987. Its boom years, between the late 70s to the mid-80s, were largely thanks to an eclectic and hurriedly-made collection of B-movies: Chuck Norris action pictures, Charles Bronson revenge flicks and lots of things with the word ‘ninja’ in the title.
Thanks to its outsider status and anything-for-a-buck approach to filmmaking, Cannon Films became a major name in Hollywood, the grinning faces of its brusque founders - producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - frequently appearing in TV news reports and tinseltown trade papers.
But in the mid-80s, Golan and Globus began to change their strategy. While they would still make Death Wish sequels and Chuck Norris pics, they began to dabble in making more expensive films,...
How did an 80s Van Damme action flick emerge from a failed Spider-Man movie and Masters Of The Universe sequel? Ryan takes a look...
Cannon Films was in deep trouble by 1987. Its boom years, between the late 70s to the mid-80s, were largely thanks to an eclectic and hurriedly-made collection of B-movies: Chuck Norris action pictures, Charles Bronson revenge flicks and lots of things with the word ‘ninja’ in the title.
Thanks to its outsider status and anything-for-a-buck approach to filmmaking, Cannon Films became a major name in Hollywood, the grinning faces of its brusque founders - producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - frequently appearing in TV news reports and tinseltown trade papers.
But in the mid-80s, Golan and Globus began to change their strategy. While they would still make Death Wish sequels and Chuck Norris pics, they began to dabble in making more expensive films,...
- 10/16/2014
- Den of Geek
How did an 80s Van Damme action flick emerge from a failed Spider-Man movie and Masters Of The Universe sequel? Ryan takes a look...
Cannon Films was in deep trouble by 1987. Its boom years, between the late 70s to the mid-80s, were largely thanks to an eclectic and hurriedly-made collection of B-movies: Chuck Norris action pictures, Charles Bronson revenge flicks and lots of things with the word ‘ninja’ in the title.
Thanks to its outsider status and anything-for-a-buck approach to filmmaking, Cannon Films became a major name in Hollywood, the grinning faces of its brusque founders - producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - frequently appearing in TV news reports and tinseltown trade papers.
But in the mid-80s, Golan and Globus began to change their strategy. While they would still make Death Wish sequels and Chuck Norris pics, they began to dabble in making more expensive films, such...
Cannon Films was in deep trouble by 1987. Its boom years, between the late 70s to the mid-80s, were largely thanks to an eclectic and hurriedly-made collection of B-movies: Chuck Norris action pictures, Charles Bronson revenge flicks and lots of things with the word ‘ninja’ in the title.
Thanks to its outsider status and anything-for-a-buck approach to filmmaking, Cannon Films became a major name in Hollywood, the grinning faces of its brusque founders - producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus - frequently appearing in TV news reports and tinseltown trade papers.
But in the mid-80s, Golan and Globus began to change their strategy. While they would still make Death Wish sequels and Chuck Norris pics, they began to dabble in making more expensive films, such...
- 10/16/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
*a screener of this film was provided by the director Kantz.
Director: Kantz.
Writers: Kantz, and Lucas Culshaw.
Admittedly, this reviewer has talked to Kantz on several occasions and his passion for filmmaking often comes through in the topics he likes to talk about. This reviewer loves to talk of film too. That is what makes reviewing Wasteland so much harder. This sci-fi title came out of DVD October 11th and the screener came not much later than that. This is a post-apocalyptic yarn involving revenge as one man, named Keo (Garret Sato), sets out to kill members of the Church, the people who assaulted his wife and kidnapped his only son. This is a pretty straight forward homage to Albert Pyun's 1989 flick Cyborg, with costumes, action and plot line eerily similar. This latest incarnation had a much smaller budget, cast and the audio is almost entirely dubbed to the film's detriment.
Director: Kantz.
Writers: Kantz, and Lucas Culshaw.
Admittedly, this reviewer has talked to Kantz on several occasions and his passion for filmmaking often comes through in the topics he likes to talk about. This reviewer loves to talk of film too. That is what makes reviewing Wasteland so much harder. This sci-fi title came out of DVD October 11th and the screener came not much later than that. This is a post-apocalyptic yarn involving revenge as one man, named Keo (Garret Sato), sets out to kill members of the Church, the people who assaulted his wife and kidnapped his only son. This is a pretty straight forward homage to Albert Pyun's 1989 flick Cyborg, with costumes, action and plot line eerily similar. This latest incarnation had a much smaller budget, cast and the audio is almost entirely dubbed to the film's detriment.
- 11/3/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Among the films represented at this year’s Comic-Con, you won’t find two much more atmospherically different that director Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and Evan Glodell’s Bellflower. While the British Block is an action-comedy about aliens invading London, Bellflower is an intense, California-set love story in which Glodell plays a guy obsessed with Road Warrior villain Lord Humongous.
However, one thing their respective writer-directors share is a fondness for the, shall we say, “arguable” quality of Cannon Films’ ’80s sci fi output, as we discovered when we asked them to talk about their geekiest guilty pleasure.
However, one thing their respective writer-directors share is a fondness for the, shall we say, “arguable” quality of Cannon Films’ ’80s sci fi output, as we discovered when we asked them to talk about their geekiest guilty pleasure.
- 7/20/2011
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Rank the week of June 14th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time:new Releasesbattle:los Angeles
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3294
Times Ranked: 3631
Win Percentage: 42%
Top-20 Rankings: 9
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart • Ramon Rodriguez
Cory Hardrict • Gino Anthony Pesi • Ne-Yo
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #19020
Times Ranked: 83
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: John Whitesell
Starring: Martin Lawrence • Brandon T. Jackson
Jessica Lucas • Michelle Ang • Portia Doubleday
Genres: Comedy • Police Comedy
Rank This Movie
Hall Pass
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5878
Times Ranked: 1164
Win Percentage: 40%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Starring: Owen Wilson • Jason Sudeikis • Jenna Fischer • Christina Applegate • Nicky Whelan
Genres: Comedy • Romantic Comedy
Rank This Movie
Kill The Irishman
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart...
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #3294
Times Ranked: 3631
Win Percentage: 42%
Top-20 Rankings: 9
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Aaron Eckhart • Ramon Rodriguez
Cory Hardrict • Gino Anthony Pesi • Ne-Yo
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
(DVD and Blu-ray | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #19020
Times Ranked: 83
Win Percentage: 31%
Top-20 Rankings: 1
Directed By: John Whitesell
Starring: Martin Lawrence • Brandon T. Jackson
Jessica Lucas • Michelle Ang • Portia Doubleday
Genres: Comedy • Police Comedy
Rank This Movie
Hall Pass
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5878
Times Ranked: 1164
Win Percentage: 40%
Top-20 Rankings: 4
Directed By: Bobby & Peter Farrelly
Starring: Owen Wilson • Jason Sudeikis • Jenna Fischer • Christina Applegate • Nicky Whelan
Genres: Comedy • Romantic Comedy
Rank This Movie
Kill The Irishman
(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2011)
Flickchart...
- 6/14/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Watch Cyborg Free Online. Albert Pyun‘s Cyborg (1989) stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Dayle Haddon, and Terrie Batson. Cyborg (1989)’s plot synopsis: a martial-arts science fiction film where Gibson Rickenbacker (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a gun for hire (Slingers), battles a group of murderous marauders (The Pirates) led by Fender Tremolo (Vincent Klyn) along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future to rescue and protect a cyborg that holds the key to the salvation of humanity. “I like this World!!!!!!”
My favorite part of Cyborg is probably the sewer/chase/fight sequence. Great action. Cyborg didn’t do very well in theaters though.”The movie received a generally negative reception from critics however it did retained a cult status…Cyborg 2, starring Elias Koteas and Angelina Jolie, was released in 1993. Cyborg 3: The Recycler, a direct-to-video release, followed in 1995. Both films bear little to...
My favorite part of Cyborg is probably the sewer/chase/fight sequence. Great action. Cyborg didn’t do very well in theaters though.”The movie received a generally negative reception from critics however it did retained a cult status…Cyborg 2, starring Elias Koteas and Angelina Jolie, was released in 1993. Cyborg 3: The Recycler, a direct-to-video release, followed in 1995. Both films bear little to...
- 5/8/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Largely dismissed in the filmography of action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is 1989′s Cyborg, a film seemingly forgotten to today’s action fans. While it has the dubious honor of being sandwiched in between two widely praised and regarded Van Damme films – 1988′s Bloodsport and 1989′s Kickboxer – the film has been in the news lately (here) due to some footage long thought lost being rediscovered by the film’s director, Albert Pyun.
Killer Film looks back at Cyborg in another edition of Action Packed Flashback with director Albert Pyun.
“We were fully cast and five weeks away from shooting Masters [of the Universe] 2,” Albert Pyun recalls. “So yeah, there was a shooting script and we were building costumes, props, and sets.” Before production got started on Cyborg, Cannon Films initially wanted to make a sequel to the Dolph Lundgren 1987 hit, Masters of the Universe. With production nearing a start date, the studio had...
Killer Film looks back at Cyborg in another edition of Action Packed Flashback with director Albert Pyun.
“We were fully cast and five weeks away from shooting Masters [of the Universe] 2,” Albert Pyun recalls. “So yeah, there was a shooting script and we were building costumes, props, and sets.” Before production got started on Cyborg, Cannon Films initially wanted to make a sequel to the Dolph Lundgren 1987 hit, Masters of the Universe. With production nearing a start date, the studio had...
- 5/4/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
AICN has learned that "Cyborg" director Albert Pyun is planning to remake his own 1989 movie, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme as a mercenary tracking a cyborg through a post-apocalyptic America. Pyun told the site that he's currently in an "acquisition process" with MGM, but already has the financial backing of the same company that funded "Donnie Darko," "Memento" and "Monster." A script has yet to be finished, but Pyun promises that there will be more "car/vehicle mayhem" with more emphasis on practical effects rather than CGI. At this point, Vince Klyn and Terrie Batson, who played the villain and the love interest in the original 1989 film, are already onboard for the remake. The helmer is hoping to also work out deals with Rutger Hauer and Michael Dudikoff.
- 4/27/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
The Director’s Cut of Albert Pyun‘s Cyborg (1988) starring Jean-Claude Van Damme has been released. “Albert Pyun’s longtime composer found the director’s last cut of Cyborg before he left the picture after disputes with Cannon, Jean Claude Van Damme and producer Sheldon Lettichand.” Also starring Deborah Richter, Vincent Klyn, Dayle Haddon, Ralf Möller, and Alex Daniels, we’ve learned the new version of the film is the cut before it had to be trimmed to get an R rating. I bet one of extended scenes is the decapitation scene at the beginning of the film and the surgery scene on Pearl (Dayle Haddon).
The copy found is a telecine of the actual workprint in widescreen dated October 8, 1988. It’s only got a temp mix stereo track, but includes the original, never heard rock score by Tony Riparetti and Jim Saad which was eventually replaced by Kevin Bassinson’s score.
The copy found is a telecine of the actual workprint in widescreen dated October 8, 1988. It’s only got a temp mix stereo track, but includes the original, never heard rock score by Tony Riparetti and Jim Saad which was eventually replaced by Kevin Bassinson’s score.
- 3/10/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
And more goods came in today from Albert Pyun for the new director's cut of his 1989 film Cyborg, and he promises it is "very violent". Just how we like it, right?
Found recently by composer Tony Riparetti after being lost for 22 years, this is a slightly restored cut of Cyborg created from two VHS copies of a telecine of the original 35 mm work print. What Pyun provided today is the ending fight scene between Van Damme's Gibson Rickenbacker and Vincent Klyn as the main villain Fender Tremelo, which is completely different than the released version.
Synopsis:
Gibson Rickenbacker is a hired fighter living in an apocalyptic America where a plague has infected most of the United States and the rest of the world. In New York City Gibson encounters a woman named Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon). Pearl reveals to Gibson that she is a cyborg who is carrying vital...
Found recently by composer Tony Riparetti after being lost for 22 years, this is a slightly restored cut of Cyborg created from two VHS copies of a telecine of the original 35 mm work print. What Pyun provided today is the ending fight scene between Van Damme's Gibson Rickenbacker and Vincent Klyn as the main villain Fender Tremelo, which is completely different than the released version.
Synopsis:
Gibson Rickenbacker is a hired fighter living in an apocalyptic America where a plague has infected most of the United States and the rest of the world. In New York City Gibson encounters a woman named Pearl Prophet (Dayle Haddon). Pearl reveals to Gibson that she is a cyborg who is carrying vital...
- 3/9/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
As I confessed in Jenni's "Date Movie Disasters" post earlier this month, I have a thing for Cyborg. It's one of my favorite cheesy action films, and my late '90s date movie of choice. But I've long since neglected it -- the old, battered vhs was pushed into a closet somewhere as the disc world took over, and it wasn't until this month that I finally picked it up on DVD. Time, and I must say -- better film taste, haven't tarnished my love, and in fact, have re-sparked my appreciation not only for classic Van Damme, but the killer, serious, slow-motion walk.
Where the slow clap has become a terrible moment of cinema better left in the past, there's still magic in the serious, slo-mo walk. In Cyborg, when that apocalyptic '80s music plays and Fender walks forward with his shiny, metal duds, freakishly blue eyes, and a huge posse of dirty,...
Where the slow clap has become a terrible moment of cinema better left in the past, there's still magic in the serious, slo-mo walk. In Cyborg, when that apocalyptic '80s music plays and Fender walks forward with his shiny, metal duds, freakishly blue eyes, and a huge posse of dirty,...
- 2/19/2010
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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