Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994)

Director:

Michael Schroeder

Writers:

Barry Victor (writer) &
Troy Bolotnick (writer) ...

Release Date:

25 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The battle between MAN and MACHINE rages on ...

Plot:

Prepare yourself for the all too deadly future. Cash, the heroine of Cyborg 2, is living safe in the free zone...

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Amazing Grace Hymn | B Movie | Female Nudity | Third Part

Cast

Zach Galligan	...	Evans
Khrystyne Haje	...	Casella 'Cash' Reese
Richard Lynch	...	Anton Lewellyn
Andrew Bryniarski	...	Jocko
Malcolm McDowell	...	Lord Talon
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Donovan
Evan Lurie	...	El Sid
Bill Quinn	...	Hale
Rebecca Ferratti	...	Elexia
William Katt	...	Decaf
David McSwain	...	Ahab
Margaret Avery	...	Doc Edford
Barbara C. Adside	...	Cyborg #1
Debra Hall	...	Cyborg #2
Kato Kaelin	...	Beggar

Also Known As:

Cyborg 3
Cyborg 3: The Creation (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for non-stop violence, and for some nudity.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 (cut) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

FM Entertainment International N.V.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Cash is escaping a fellow cyborg finishes her attackers with what appears to be a grenade-launcher. However, a grenade-launcher needs to be loaded by hand. Despite not having any fingers or anyone assisting him, the cyborg effortlessly shoots the grenade-launcher twice.

Quotes:

Anton Lewellyn: Call me master!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Pinewood Derby (#13.6)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

AMAZING GRACE

Recycled and reused...

Cash (Now played by Khrystyne Haje in for Angelina Jolie) has wandered to a post apocalypse wasteland (after her protector has died from old age, said protector was played by Elias Koteas, an actual decent actor) and now she finds that people wander through the rubble looking for cyborgs to trade for scrap metal and cash. She leads a group of burned out cyborgs (That includes William Katt, Evan Lurie and a human scientist played by Zach Galligan) against bounty hunter Richard Lynch. Malcolm McDowell has two minutes of screen time as Lynch's employer. Cyborg 3 does manage to be better than the other two entries but it still is a largely dull feature. The problem this time is that the ideas with potential are never used well, the action sequences are routine and the name cast such as McDowell, Katt and Galligan are given little to do. Haje is indeed a whiny heroine and Lynch is too over the top(as usual) and the film lacks the inspiration or ambition to be as fun-bad as it's hilarious predecessor. (The one with Van Damme, the second one is just dull.) Also disappointing is the science fiction angle which almost aggressively resists any good idea it has. As an action flick this is routine and by the numbers B-movie stuff and it is competently made, that's the only thing positive I can say about it.

*1/2 out of 4-(Poor)