Cyborg 2 (1993) (V)

Director:

Michael Schroeder

Writers:

Ron Yanover (story) &
Mark Geldman (story) ...
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Release Date:

November 1993 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Martial Arts | One Woman Army | Semiautomatic Pistol | Shotgun

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
Lori Michelle	...	Tech #4 - Corridor
Elizabeth Sung	...	Palmist
Matt Demeritt	...	Manhole Man (as Matthew DeMeritt)
Alain Silver	...	Surgeon (as Alain Joel Silver)
Galen Yuen	...	Server
William Colon	...	Exec #3
Irving Bonios	...	Exec #4
David Schroeder	...	Exec #5
Rick Hill	...	Team Leader
Linus Huffman	...	Captain Choy Fook

Directed by
Michael Schroeder

Writing credits
Ron Yanover		(story) &
Mark Geldman		(story)
Ron Yanover		(screenplay) &
Mark Geldman		(screenplay) and
Michael Schroeder		(screenplay)

Produced by
Barry Barnholtz	....	co-executive producer
Jeffrey Konvitz	....	executive producer
Robert S. Lecky	....	co-producer
Stuart Levens	....	associate producer
Raju Patel	....	producer
Sharad Patel	....	executive producer
Uru Patel	....	associate producer
Viju Patel	....	co-producer
Alain Silver	....	producer
Jon Turtle	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Peter Allen

Cinematography by
Jamie Thompson

Film Editing by
David M. Richardson

Casting by
Michelle Guillermin

Production Design by
Elisabeth A. Scott

Art Direction by
Michelle Milosh

Costume Design by
Kristen Anacker

Makeup Department
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Camille Henderson	....	key hair stylist
Robert Kurtzman	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Moni Mansano	....	special makeup effects
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects supervisor (as Greg Nicotero)

Production Management
Alain Silver	....	unit production manager
David Tripet	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Hansson	....	second assistant director
Kelly Schroeder	....	first assistant director

Art Department
David Cunningham	....	construction coordinator
Ron Durant	....	props
Chris Santini	....	construction foreman
Rob Shepps	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Frank Faugno	....	supervising sound editor
Bill Mellow	....	assistant dialogue editor
Daniel D. Monahan	....	sound mixer
Bill Sheppard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Slack	....	ultra stereo consultant

Special Effects by
Kevin Brueckner	....	special effects technician
Greg Hendrickson	....	special effects coordinator
Greg Landerer	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects supervisor
Bill Hay	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Jon Agro	....	stunt performer
Paul Beahm	....	stunts
Paul Behnn	....	stunt performer
Chino Binamo	....	stunt performer
Simone Boisseree	....	stunt performer
Eddie Braun	....	stunt performer
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt performer
John Cade	....	stunt performer
Thomas Dewier	....	stunt coordinator
Doc Elliot	....	stunt performer (as John Elliot)
Debbie Evans	....	stunt performer
Jeff Evans	....	stunt performer
Jeff Habberstad	....	stunt performer (as Jeff Habberstadt)
Julee Harman	....	stunt performer
Rick Hill	....	stunt performer
Bonnie Hock	....	stunt performer
Lisa Hoyle	....	stunt performer
Steven Ito	....	stunt performer (as Steve Ito)
Rick Kahana	....	stunt performer
Kay Kimler	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Leva	....	stunt performer
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Billy Morts	....	stunt performer (as William Morts)
Douglas O'Neil	....	stunt performer (as Doug O'Neil)
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunt performer (as Tricia Peters)
Karen Price	....	stunt performer
Jeff Pruitt	....	stunt performer
Gregg Sargeant	....	stunt performer
Brian Smrz	....	stunt performer
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts
Patrick J. Statham	....	stunt performer (as Pat Stadtham)
Pete Turner	....	stunt performer
Carrie Wong	....	stunt performer
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunt performer
Galen Yuen	....	stunt performer
Brian Christensen	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Cuffee	....	electrical best boy
Shawn Ensign	....	grip
Harry K. Garvin	....	camera operator
Gene Hara	....	electrician
Steve Hurson	....	second assistant camera
John Joleaud	....	gaffer
Dan Kneece	....	Steadicam operator
Daryl 'Dazz' Reynolds	....	electrician
John Sekula	....	assistant camera
Kevin St. John	....	key grip
R. Michael Stringer	....	electrician
Tom Jensen	....	additional first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jacque Allen	....	casting coordinator
Mindy Molinary	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Frank Faugno	....	first assistant editor
Karen Hathaway	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Ron Friesen	....	lyricist: end title

Other crew
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Brigitte Mueller	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Anglo-American Film Corporation
• Trimark Pictures
• Films International
• Freedom Filmworks International

Distributors

• Trimark Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Vidmark Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Sky TV (2003) (UK) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Starlight (????) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Cine Plus Home Entertainment (????) (Germany) (VHS)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Seven Sept (????) (France) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Vidmark Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Vision International (1993) (Non-USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group
• Stargate Films

Other Companies

• All Payments Services  payroll services
• Benay's Birds and Animals  animals supplied by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Cinema Cafe  catering
• Clancy's Sound Vibrations  sound transfers
• Completion Bond Company  completion bond
• Filmtrucks  production equipment
• General Insurance Consultants  insurance
• Loop Sex  loop group artists
• Post Haste Video  sound transfers
• Sharpe Sound Studios  sound re-recording
• Stargate Films  titles

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Anglo-American Film Corporation

Trivia:

Of all of Angelina Jolie's films, this is rarely discussed. Jolie did discuss it briefly on "Inside the Actor's Studio" in 2005. She said: "I did a fantastic B-movie." When host James Lipton asked if it was a happy experience, she replied: "It was until I saw it."

Goofs:

Factual errors: The filmmakers seem to have confused a cyborg with an android. A cyborg is a person who is half machine and half human, while an artificial human like Cash is an android, not a cyborg.

Quotes:

[while arming himself to face corporate thugs]
Mercy:If you want to dine with the devil, you need a looong spoon!

Movie Connections:

References Benji (1974)

Soundtrack:

Crystal Hearts

Better than the original.

Earth, 2074. The field of cybernetics is dominated by two corporations – Kobayashi Electronics & Pinwheel Robotics. The execs over at Pinwheel plan to destroy Kobayashi by sending in Casella 'Cash' Reese, a female cyborg containing 'Glass Shadow' (a powerful plastic explosive), to a conference & detonating her. With the help of Mercy, a mysterious cyborg who projects himself onto TV screens, Cash & her human combat trainer Colton Ricks escape the compound & flee across the city. With Pinwheel troopers & a psychotic bounty hunter after them, they attempt to make it to freedom.

CYBORG was a low-budget, mindless post-apocalyptic martial-arts flick that featured Jean-Claude Van Damme taking on numerous thugs & trying to rescue a female cyborg. It became a cult film & inspired two sequels.

While the first film was nothing more than a series of watered-down heroics that had almost no plot, "Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow" is the complete opposite, a futuristic sci-fi film with an intelligent storyline & a Cyberpunk atmosphere. It is also the rare occasion where a sequel proves to be better than the original.

"Glass Shadow" is set sometime after the events of the first film, although the continuity is somewhat screwed up (society had collapsed in the original & a nasty plague had swept through the world). The society here is akin to a corporate-run city, nothing like the original (there are a few clips taken from the original shown on TV screens). The storyline is quite simple – female cyborg is created as a walking bomb, said cyborg tries to flee her fate, her creators send in bounty hunters to catch her – but done in an intelligent manner.

The acting is superb, with due credit given to Jack Palance, who gives one of his best performances, as the cyborg warrior / poet who appears on TV screens like a ghost; Elias Koteas, who plays his role in deadpan fashion & Tracy Walter shines in a cameo as a doctor. Angelina Jolie, in the days before she became a superstar, gives a robotic performance as the cyborg Cash, although this fits in with the rest of the film. The visual effects in this film are excellent, most notably the opening scene with a cyborg being built, some prosthetics work & an exquisite model city.