Cyborg (film): Difference between revisions

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The film starts [[After the End]], in a world that has been shattered by war, the collapse of civilization, and just for fun, a plague ravaging the survivors. The titular cyborg, Pearl, has been sent from Atlanta to [[Big Applesauce|New York City]] to retrieve information for a group of scientists and doctors looking to both cure the plague and start restoring society. Unfortunately, Fender learns of the mission and moves to intercept Pearl and her bodyguard. The bodyguard is killed, letting Pearl escape just long enough to encounter Gibson for the first time. Gibson is normally a mercenary who fights bandits like Fender's gang, but he's already hunting Fender for personal reasons.

 

Directed by Albert Pyun and produced by the infamous late 80's and early 90's Cannon Films, it is considered one of Pyun's most mainstream and commercially successful films. Had two sequels, but [[In Name Only]]. The first sequel marks [[Angelina Jolie|Angelina Jolie's]] debut.

* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: At one point Gibson tries to escape from Fender's gang in one. Amusingly, the opening to said sewer looks like it would probably be too narrow for Fender's crew of evil bodybuilders.

* [[After the End]]: "First there was the collapse of civilization... anarchy, genocide, starvation... then we got the plague."

* [[Left for Dead]]: Fender's crew leave Gibson for dead three times, once in a flashback, and twice in the present. The first time in the present was really gratuitous, as there was no reason not to verify that Gibson was really dead.

* [[MacGuffin]]: The information Pearl was sent to get. Pearl herself becomes a [[Living MacGuffin]].

* [[Musical Theme Naming]]: Most characters are named after guitars and manufacturers. Gibson Rickenbacker, Fender Tremolo, Marshall Strat, Les (Paul), Pearl Prophet...

* [[Papa Wolf]]: {{spoiler|Gibson}}

* [[Raised by Orcs]]: {{spoiler|When Gibson and his [[Love Interest]] lived together, she already had two children, a boy and a girl. Over time, Gibson came to regard them as being like his own. Then Fender and his gang came along, threw Gibson, the [[Love Interest]] and her son into a well, and took the girl. Gibson encounters her in the present, grown up, and probably having served as Fender's slave/toy for all those years.}}

* [[The Remake]]: ''Gangland'', an extremely rare and [[No Budget|ultra-low budget]] [[Direct to Video]] release from 2000. Starring [[Saw|Costas Mandylor]], [[Step by Step|Sasha Mitchell]], and Vincent Klyn in an identical role. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2caEUiW2o8 Just imagine Cyborg without the titular cyborg].

* [[Retired Badass]]: {{spoiler|Gibson was this, until Fender and his goons trashed his life and forced him back out of retirement, looking for revenge.}}

* [[Revenge]]

* [[Same Language Dub]]: All of Vincent Klyn's dialogue was dubbed by an uncredited actor.

* [[Scavenger World]]/[[Schizo-Tech]]

* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Fender and Gibson turn it [[Up to Eleven]] in the movie's climatic battle, but it's there throughout. Screaming happens consistently in fight scenes, or with bad guys chasing the good guys, or vice versa, etc.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Fender in {{spoiler|Gibson's flashback}}

* [[Tap on the Head]]: Nady is knocked out at least ''4 separate times'', (in a movie whose running time is slightly under an hour and a half) and suffers no ill effects. Gibson is knocked out twice himself.

* [[Troubled Backstory Flashback]]

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Gibson in the movie's climatic fight. The guy gets thrown through a ''CAR'' and that only makes him angrier.

* [[You Remind Me of X]]: Never spelled out, but in their first encounter Gibson claims he tried to help Pearl because for a second he thought she was someone else- {{spoiler|his girlfriend, who was murdered by Fender}}.

 

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