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Post-Apocalyptic Action Movie Sequel, 2 December 2005
5/10
Author: TheHande

Cyborg 3 feels like a movie that was directed by three people. One who actually knew what he was doing, one who kinda knew what he was doing and one who was totally out of it.

I have not seen the previous films and can't comment on the movie's relationship with them. All I can say is that the movie undoubtedly has a very cheap feel to it. At times however the film's quality seems to boost up and sometimes it can drop horrifically in the process of a scene. This is marked by the extremely diverse quality of dialogue scenes. Sometimes the actors are stiff as dolls, but the next minute they could be delivering a speech with such passion you start wondering if you suddenly switched to a whole different movie.

I was actually happy to see that the action-scenes were done quite well and many of the cyborg-characters were very sympathetic. However there are also plenty of scenes that either make little to no sense or are extremely ill-planned that they slightly ruin the experience.

Not the worst movie I've seen, but far from the best of them.

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I'm no cyborg!, 11 November 2005
10/10
Author: Charles K Cotterill from Global

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This low budget B-movie ranks among my all favourites and i must have viewed it easily a hundred times.

The film is drained of cash somewhat on the effects front but Richard Lynch (Anton Lewellyn) more than makes up for this with his portrayal of a intelligent, ennoble, cyborg recycler. The performance is rich in character with his trademark cigar and random cries of "well well, what we got here aye!" and "I'm no cyborg!!"

Katherine Haje (Cash) is far too whiny and annoying to be taken seriously in the film, As is Lewellyn's cyborg sidekick Jocko who tries getting over as a bad guy by casually tossing an elderly female called doc edford around a room before finishing her with a big blunt blade "Oh sweet mother of god!"

But this is the beauty of Cyborg 3, every Friday night me and my buds huddle round the T.V for 90 minutes of non-stop laughs be it the soundtrack boasting such songs as 'Call me master' or 'Amazing Grace' both by Militant Love Baby who haven't been seen or heard of since!, And classic characters such as Decaf, Elexia, Doc Edford and Lord Talon played by the legendary Malcolm McDowell who despite having front cover billing, dies just 1 minute into his performance!

Cash is the first cyborg to become pregnant and making her a very valuable prize to Recycler Anton Lewellyn, She seeks out legendary designer come air guitarist Evans (a much pudgier returning Zach Galligan of Gremlins fame) to help her find the free zone were cyborgs are safe from being hunted

The location of the film and the majority of the actors manage to create a hilarious account of a future world of scavenging recyclers led by Anton Lewellyn, looking for the fabled Sci-Town were a treasure trove of cyborgs and parts await them.

I would beg anyone who has the opportunity to view this film, to do so as it has an unexplainable greatness about it, In addition to this i have never seen the film retail for more than £3.00 so the investment is small and most definitely worth it for the rewards you are sure to reap.

Reviewed by Charles K Cotterill

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"You're backstage at the edge of creation...", 28 January 2003
10/10
Author: JV_Meanstreak from Dudley, England

Being an advid fan of sci-fi I thought there was no way another film could compare to what is probably the utmost important Sci-fi 'The Vindicator', I was wrong. Cyborg 3 is probably the greatest sequal of all time, I would go as far to say that it betters the origional van damme fest. With the combination of ultra realistic make-up/special effects, gritty storyline and oscar wothery acting cyborg 3 is a real treat for the family, and in my personal top 10. Malcolm McDowell gives a fantastic 45 second performance although it was too short. The combination of Mechno-Whore's and frightening explosions make be bemused as I found this as a part of a discount store £2.99 Dvd collection. It is safe to say that cyborg 3 would be nothing without it's fantastic soundtrack featuring Millitant Love Baby's classic * "CALL ME MASTER"....overall I'm looking forward to cyborg 4.

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If you sleep with dogs,you'll get fleas I guess..., 1 February 2004
Author: davideo-2 from United Kingdom

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs

In the future,civility between man and machine has deceased and war wages.'Recycler' Llewyllyn (Richard Lynch,coming across as a poor mans Rutger Hauer! (yikes)) and his sidekick Jocko (Andrew Bryniarski,who weirdly resembles a beefier,blanker version of Vincent Klyn from the original film) hunt cyborgs across the desert,hoping to catch them and sell their scrap parts to the highest bidder.Cyborg Cash (Khrystyne Haje,in a role originally played by a young Angelina Jolie in the previous film) is the first cyborg to become pregnant and becomes their primary target.The story also features a character called Evans (an older Zach Galligan from the Gremlins films) as one of Cash's old flames and a walk-on part (despite being headbilled on the front cover) from Malcolm 'will-work-for-food' McDowell as Lord Talon,one of Llewellyn's main buyers.

The director of the last film,Michael Schroeder,returns to helming duties here,the first in the series to feature no martial artists in the leading roles.

The,erm,shall we say,less than oscar worthy production values,screenplay and acting aside,this plotless rubbish is totally far away from the essence of the original film,which,lets face it,was quite an uninspired mess to begin with and should really say it all.It's also appropriately titled,in the way it seems to 'recycle' ideas from many other movies of much superior quality made before it.This is aside from a nauseating soundtrack which grates on the nerves throughout the film.

Worth watching only for the unimaginable hilarity of a woman giving birth to a baby in the shape of a grey tin can with wires dangling off the edge of it.*

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Cheap throwaway fodder., 25 May 2009
4/10
Author: Shadowchaser-7 from Australia

Years after the fall of the last of the great corporations, the world has fallen into a new dark age where cyborgs are harvested for their parts. Cash, a female cyborg, travels to a wasteland doctor to receive news that she is pregnant. On the run from Recyclers (bounty hunters who hunt cyborgs), Cash tries to find her way to Cytown, the mythical refuge for cyborgs.

"Cyborg 3: The Recycler" is the third (& last so far) entry in the CYBORG trilogy. The first film was originally planned to be a sequel to MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, but was quickly rewritten into a standard post-apocalyptic martial-arts fest that became something of a cult classic due to its cheesy action scenes. CYBORG 2: GLASS SHADOW was a sequel that actually improved upon its predecessor but was not widely seen (& was dismissed by those few who saw it as cheap fodder).

This film, for one thing, tries to be a meld of the first two films (the first was a cheesy action film while the second was a smart Cyberpunk story) but unfortunately falls short on both counts. The budget was obviously lower than CYBORG 2, with the film being set in the desert wastelands (like so many post-apocalyptic action films of the 90s were), shot around old industrial buildings to conserve costs.

The film's story centres on a plot device, that of a pregnant cyborg, that is as interesting as it is absurd (this film is not the first to try that idea; the anime OVA series ARMITAGE III uses it to a greater extent). But the film falls into the same trap that so many low-budget sci-fi action films fall victim to, in the fact that the snags (synthetic organisms) featured are nothing more than androids. The visual effects amount to nothing more than prosthetic arms & makeup effects.

The acting is pretty standard for this kind of film, with the lead actress (Khrystyne Haje) being the single worst performer on display. Instead of being joyed at the news she is pregnant, she acts all whiny & sullen. Her co-stars are much better, Malcolm McDowell being the usual gangster type who enlivens the scenes he appears in & Richard Lynch has a lot of fun as the chief villain. Of particular note is Andrew Byniarski, playing Lynch's right hand man, who would later appear in THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake & its prequel.

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Recycled and reused..., 17 March 2008
3/10
Author: Frank Markland from United States

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)

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One of the best post apocalyptic movies, 25 August 2008
10/10
Author: kurciasbezdalas from Lithuania

I've read some other comments about this film and most of them said that this is a low budget film. Maybe it's true, but that didn't seem to me when i watch this film. The special effects were quite good for a movie made in 90's and also there were some good action sequences. What else did i liked about this film were colorful characters and pretty weird music. I've seen the first two Cyborg films and i think this is worth watching sequel. Like the first two films this one also has a good plot(maybe even better than in the first film) and lots of action(this time there is more shootouts and car chases). One of the cyborgs is played by Evan Lurie who is known for some roles in martial arts films so in the end there are some good martial arts scenes.

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*sniff* *sniff* Do I smell a turkey? Yes, I do., 22 March 2001
1/10
Author: darkmage7280 from Finland

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A study in bad. Bad acting, bad music, bad screenplay, bad editing, bad direction and a bad idea. Pieces of schlock don't come any cheesier or unintentionally funnier than this... thing. By the end of the "movie", you are left wondering why did they bother in the first place. Poor Malcolm McDowell, was he short of cash or something? Still thinking of seeing this? *SPOILERS AHOY*: If you haven't died of laughter in the first thirty minutes, by the time you'll see the cyborg-populated town named "Cytown", you will. Avoid this, my movie-loving friends. Avoid.

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