Directed by: Steven Kostanski
Written by: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
Starring: Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Meredith Sweeney, Connor Sweeney, Ludwig Lee, Jeremy Gillespie
The warped geniuses at Astron-6, the collective responsible for the irresponsible beauty that was Father’s Day, have unleashed yet another jolt of cinematic insanity. Manborg is a goofy/smart satire of bargain basement sci-fi spectacles, CD-rom games and any number of junky toy-based Saturday morning cartoons. A direct descendent of Charles Band '80s-era exploitation fare such as Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn and Eliminators, it’s an unabashed love letter to kid-friendly "exploi-tainment."
Manborg begins, as most of these spectacles must, with a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hell has literally taken over the planet with armies of ferocious Nazi demons bent on destroying mankind. Led by the evil (natch) Count Draculon (a hilarious Adam Brooks), the armies have decimated cities throughout the world. A small...
Written by: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
Starring: Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Meredith Sweeney, Connor Sweeney, Ludwig Lee, Jeremy Gillespie
The warped geniuses at Astron-6, the collective responsible for the irresponsible beauty that was Father’s Day, have unleashed yet another jolt of cinematic insanity. Manborg is a goofy/smart satire of bargain basement sci-fi spectacles, CD-rom games and any number of junky toy-based Saturday morning cartoons. A direct descendent of Charles Band '80s-era exploitation fare such as Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn and Eliminators, it’s an unabashed love letter to kid-friendly "exploi-tainment."
Manborg begins, as most of these spectacles must, with a post-apocalyptic Earth. Hell has literally taken over the planet with armies of ferocious Nazi demons bent on destroying mankind. Led by the evil (natch) Count Draculon (a hilarious Adam Brooks), the armies have decimated cities throughout the world. A small...
- 4/30/2013
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Anchor Bay Entertainment and Raven Banner Entertainment will release producer, writer, director Steven Kostanski's sci-fi action horror feature "Manborg" on DVD, April 16, 2013:
"...'Count Draculon' (Adam Brooks) and his vampire forces seek to take over Earth during the 'Hell Wars'.
"A soldier (Matthew Kennedy) is killed attempting to fight the Count, then transformed into 'Manborg' after his body is fitted with robotics.
"After Manborg becomes active in 'Mega-Death City', he meets with resistance fighters against Count Draculon.
"Fighters include 'Justice' (Conor Sweeney) a gunfighter who resembles Billy Idol with an Australian accent, joined by his sister 'Mina' (Meredith Sweeney) and martial arts expert 'Man' (Ludwig Lee, voice-dubbed by Kyle Hebert)..."
DVD Bonus features include commentaries with director Steven Kostanski, actor/writer Jeremy Gillespie and executive producer Peter Kuplowsky, deleted and alternate scenes, bloopers, behind-the-scenes, stop motion montage, VFX montage, interviews, premiere Q&A and the short film...
"...'Count Draculon' (Adam Brooks) and his vampire forces seek to take over Earth during the 'Hell Wars'.
"A soldier (Matthew Kennedy) is killed attempting to fight the Count, then transformed into 'Manborg' after his body is fitted with robotics.
"After Manborg becomes active in 'Mega-Death City', he meets with resistance fighters against Count Draculon.
"Fighters include 'Justice' (Conor Sweeney) a gunfighter who resembles Billy Idol with an Australian accent, joined by his sister 'Mina' (Meredith Sweeney) and martial arts expert 'Man' (Ludwig Lee, voice-dubbed by Kyle Hebert)..."
DVD Bonus features include commentaries with director Steven Kostanski, actor/writer Jeremy Gillespie and executive producer Peter Kuplowsky, deleted and alternate scenes, bloopers, behind-the-scenes, stop motion montage, VFX montage, interviews, premiere Q&A and the short film...
- 4/13/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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