The Cyborg Sequels Reviewed

Before recording our Van Damme episode I decided to watch all of the films in the Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Cyborg franchises. Below are my thoughts on all of the Cyborg sequels. These reviews and more can also be found on our Letterboxd page letterboxd.com/mtfeature

Cyborg 2

In this "sequel" to Cyborg Angelina Jolie plays a cyborg who has been unknowingly implanted with a deadly weapon to take out a rival tech company. I put sequel in quotes because they tenuously attempt to tie this to the first film through flashback footage but it doesn't really make any sense. Cyborg 2 is a bad movie but, as usual, I don't care so much about that as much as how entertaining it is. I don't go into Cyborg 2 with any expectation of a good movie. So, from that perspective it mostly works. Even though the entertainment comes from Jolie's performance, or lack thereof, and the cheesy effects it's hard to walk away from this saying it was boring. Also, while Drago is always a good choice for a villain he's still no Fender.

Cyborg 3: The Recycler

It's shocking to me how much I enjoyed Cyborg 3. First off I really liked the cast. Zach Galligan, Richard Lynch, Malcolm McDowell and some effects from John Carl Buechler...what's not to love for fans of b-movies? It also happens to deliver the most cohesive and probably most entertaining story of the three. Lynch plays a recycler who brings an army of humans to destroy a group of cyborgs to steal their parts causing an all out war. Galligan is the programmer who can help repair the cyborgs and prepare them for battle. There's also a cyborg who happens to be pregnant and Lynch wants it. Cyborg 3 is just a ton of low budget fun and easily gives the first a run for most enjoyable of the franchise.