Cyborg 2 (1993)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Michael Schroeder

Writers:

Mark Geldman (screenplay)
Mark Geldman (story)

Release Date:

16 March 1999 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the year 2074 the PinWheel corporation creates a 'almost-human' cyborg Casella Reese, aka. Cash designed...

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Cyberpunk | Beautiful Woman | Second Part | Sequel

Cast

Elias Koteas	...	Colson 'Colt' Ricks
Angelina Jolie	...	Casella 'Cash' Reese
Jack Palance	...	Mercy
Billy Drago	...	Danny Bench
Karen Sheperd	...	Chen
Allen Garfield	...	Martin Dunn
Ric Young	...	Bobby Lin
Renee Allman	...	Dreena (as Renee Griffin)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Doorman (as Sven Thorsen)
Tracey Walter	...	Wild Card
Jim Youngs	...	Pinwheel Exec #1
Robert Dryer	...	Pinwheel Exec #2
John Durbin	...	Tech #1 - Observation Room
Patrick O'Connell	...	Tech #2 - Observation Room
Sheryl Mary Lewis	...	Tech #3 - Corridor

Also Known As:

Glass Shadow (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (DVD) (2009) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Quotes:

Casella 'Cash' Reese: Don't get dead.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Tim Warner: A Life in the Clouds (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Nothin' That Is Possible

Second part with most known and the best cast of the trilogy

In year 2074,a technological,deathly planet earth,in an urban,dirty post holocaust world, Cyborgs have replaced humans and the earth is caught in the grip of high powered corporate warfare.Kobayashi Electronics(Japan) and Pinwheel(USA) struggle to control the software programming and manufacture of Cyborgs. Cyborgs have substituted humans in every respect from the soldier in the field to the prostitute in the brothel.Billions of dollars are at stake and as usual the love of money proves to be the root of all evil.A mean enterprise(ruled by Allen Garfield) which makes Cyborgs orders to get rid of his competitors by means the murdering them.They plan introduce to Cyborg ¨Cash¨(Angelina Jolie) a liquid explosive,a McGuffin denominated ¨The glass shadow¨that blow up.Technology specialist(Jack Palance) clues to Cash and she flees with the help of the human¨Colt¨ and they have converted prey for a band of nasties bounty hunters(Billy Drago and Ric Young).

It's an old fashioned B movie with lots of fights,struggles,stunts and chases among the protagonists and their pursuers.The film has some visual sophistication along with a ridiculous argument and even a minor romantic subplot between machine-cyborg and man.Despite a few nice touches is average and this is strictly fodder. ¨Cyborg I(Albert Pyun)was a poorly made action movie ,was only known Jean Claude Van Damme,however¨Cyborg II¨has much better casting.The motion picture is regularly directed by Michael Schroeder who at least tries some spectacular scenes.He also directed ¨CyborgIII¨with Malcolm McDowell,Zach Calligan and Richard Lynch . Rating : Mediocre but bemused.