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Manborg (2011)A soldier, brought back to life as a cyborg, fights alongside a band of adventurers against demon hordes in a dystopian future. Director:Steven Kostanski |
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Title: Manborg (2011)
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Matthew Kennedy | ... |
Manborg
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Adam Brooks | ... |
Doctor Scorpius /
Draculon
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Meredith Sweeney | ... |
Mina
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Conor Sweeney | ... |
Justice
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Ludwig Lee | ... |
#1 Man
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Jeremy Gillespie | ... |
The Baron
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Andrea Karr | ... |
Shadow Mega
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Mike Kostanski | ... |
Little Guy /
Hobo
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Ivan Henwood | ... |
Sarge
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William O'Donnell | ... |
Arena Victim /
Doctor Hell /
Elite Guard #2 /
Assorted Killborgs
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Brian Edward Roach | ... |
WWII Killborgs /
Elite Guard #1 /
Hobo /
Assorted Killborgs
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Bobby Yee | ... |
Alley Victim
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Mark Pinder | ... |
Arena Gladiators
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#1 Man
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Jenn Meigs | ... |
Intercom Voice
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A soldier, brought back to life as a cyborg, fights alongside a band of adventurers against demon hordes in a dystopian future.
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CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 September 2011 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Imagine an awe-inspiring vision of an inferno descending onto Earth, with machines and demons decimating the last vestiges of mankind. Such an apocalypse brought to life on the big screen could be something brooding and chilling. It could be epic.
This is not that movie.
Manborg is a cheap, silly, ridiculous little film, and it knows it. It has action, certainly, and plenty of gnarly bloodshed and gratuitous special effects. However, the delivery of the action, dialogue, and the overall story is so over-the-top, so silly, and so cheesy that it's hilarious. Most of the characters here sound like they came from a Mortal Kombat video game, thanks to the overdubbed dialogue. One character even tries to fight MK style. One lady fights like she came straight out of an anime, complete with cheap sound effects and streaky lines behind her. Most other special effects look like they came from the original Doom PC game, because they are that cheap. The film is short and pretty fast, but more importantly, it made me laugh pretty often.
The story for this is not an inherently bad idea: I kinda do wish somebody in Hollywood would make a big-scale apocalypse story like this, with the actual forces of Hell being unleashed on the planet (they totally blew it when they adapted Doom). If this same movie was handled with a big budget, big stars, and a distinguished director, it probably would have been awesome. If this movie was a video game instead, it would have been awesome as well. But as it is, the film plays things well within its limitations, keeping things purposefully small-scale and cheap, and simultaneously silly. There are scenes that reminded me a lot of other movies or games - The Terminator, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, The Running Man, Fist of the North Star, and other stuff all came to mind. Regardless, the film is pretty fun, even if it lacks depth or originality.
This film is very cheaply shot and edited, with gaudy and weird special effects that looked like they came from the stone age. Acting is very silly and over-the-top, and with dubbed dialogue, it's rendered even more hilarious. Writing is very silly. This production uses some very cheap sets, props, and costumes. The music score tries so hard to be cool.
If you're looking for something awesomely cheesy and funny, this film will satisfy.
2.5/5 (Entertainment: Good | Story: Marginal | Film: Awful)