Cyborg 2
Cyborg 2
| 24 November 1993 (USA)
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In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype cyborg developed for corporate espionage and assassination. She is filled with a liquid explosive called Glass Shadow. Pinwheel plans to eliminate the entire Kobayashi board of directors by using Casella

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Laikals

The greatest movie ever made..!

StunnaKrypto

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Aneesa Wardle

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Anoushka Slater

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

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Seth_Rogue_One

Not seen the first one and as this is a standalone movie set decades later I didn't feel I needed to either.The only reason I watched it really is because Angelina Jolie was in it, who is one of my very favorite actresses.She doesn't show much acting-talent in this though I have to admit, but she was 17 when she did it with extremely little acting experience previously so she's forgiven.There have been a lot of talk about her love scene in it but frankly by today's (and Angelina Jolie's later movies) standards it's a pretty mild one, that's also frequently interrupted by a old man crying over his dead daughter (which takes away any sexiness that scene could have had otherwise).Anywayssss... The movie boasts of awful dialogue throughout, with some exceptions "If you want to dine with the devil, you need a looong spoon" made me laugh so there was always that.Storywise meh, acting wise oh lord no. So yeah overall give this a big pass, unless you really enjoy poorly written lowbudget sci fi flicks from the 90's with bad acting etc.

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NateWatchesCoolMovies

The fact that Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow has almost nothing to do with the first Cyborg is probably a good thing. I've seen both, and the first one is an ugly, grimy early starring vehicle for Jean Claude Van Damme that plays like an episode of American Gladiators on PCP. This sequel, however, is a scrappy little sci fi delight. It takes plays in a futuristic B- Movie realm where maniacal corporations wage war on each other for the control of lucrative artificial intelligence, cyborgs who can be programmed to be slaves, soldiers or whatever you want. Angelina Jolie is Casella 'Cash' Reese, a gorgeous warrior Cyborg held under the watchful eye of the Pinwheel corporation, ruled by a hammy Allen Garfield. Her trainer, a mercenary named Colton Hicks (Elias Koteas) starts to fall in love with her. In this particular B movie universe, it's implied that there are fragments of what may resemble a soul that begin to grow inside the cyborgs, and gradually Cash falls for him as well. They plan their escape, and embark into a delightfully cheap looking metropolis of the future, seeking an oasis far away that's basically a non extradition zone for robots. Pinwheel sends some dangerous bounty hunters after them. There's fighting. And running. And shooting. And Cyborg sex including a 17 year old Angelina going fully topless, which makes me wonder how the filmmakers ducked the authorities on that one. Not that I'm complaining. Aside from baring her chesticles, she makes a pretty solid action heroine at that age, and even before making a name for herself she carries the film pretty well. Koteas is pretty much capable of anything as far as acting goes, breezing through this one in his sleep whilst still keeping one eye open to give Hicks a vulnerability and desperation that the film hardly deserves. Character actor Billy Drago gives a scene stealing performance of sheer unbridled lunacy as Danny Bench, a terrifyingly unhinged contract killer who pursues the pair and has an absolute smackdown of a fight sequence with Koteas. That old salty dog Jack Palance even shows up for an amusing, warmhearted supporting role as a mysterious hacker who helps the duo out and in turn gets his own retribution. Get one thing straight right now: this a B movie. If you go into one of these with your critic's brain shovelling coal into the fires of cynicism, you're gonna have a bad time. These films are overtly cheap, chock full of deliberate plot holes and speckled with acting that could wilt flowers. But I love them anyway. I grew up watching an endless stream of direct to video horror, sci fi and thriller flicks that maybe ten people on planet earth besides me have seen. I love them, they are amazing and they exist in a realm far, far outside film 'criticism'. It's best to gear your brain into fun mode before hitting play, then just relax and enjoy. If you're the type of person that can do that, you'll love this kind of stuff. If not, steer well clear. Cyborg 2 is the perfect example of a B movie done right, and I'll be the first to admit that there's plenty that are made with the kind of lifeless ineptitude that doesn't even deserve a place in the genre. This one's cheaply made, doesn't have much of a budget to its name, yet admirably creates it's own little world with what it has, spinning a story of action, romance, robots and Angelina Jolie. Honestly, who can say no to those things? You, that's who.

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Scott LeBrun

In her first major role, a teenaged Angelina Jolie plays "Cash" Reese, a cyborg designed by the powerful Pinwheel Corporation. Pinwheel is at war with the Japanese outfit Kobayashi for control of the lucrative robotics market. Cash's purpose in "life" will be to charm her way into the Kobayashi headquarters and detonate the liquid explosive that she is carrying inside her. But before that can happen, she takes it on the lam with her nice guy combat instructor, "Colt" Ricks (Elias Koteas). Assisting them for much of their journey is the mysterious "Mercy" (Jack Palance), who, for the most part, is only partly visible on various screens.Co-writer / director Michael Schroeder deserves credit for taking this as seriously as he does. There's a minimum of camp and silliness, resulting in a rather sober and affecting love story as well as a tried and true futuristic sci-fi actioner. The relationship between Cash and Colt is handled in poignant fashion, and Mercy is likewise treated with quite a deal of dignity. The movie isn't terribly slick, and is somewhat clunky, but engaging nonetheless and vividly designed. (It's too bad that the Region 1 DVD is mostly fullscreen when this was clearly shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.) Peter Allen did a fine job with the emotion-rich music score.Angelina looks great, and delivers an appealing performance. The always excellent Koteas acquits himself well as her love interest. Allen Garfield (who dedicated his performance to the late Ray Sharkey), as corporate creep Martin Dunn, Karen Sheperd, as nasty cyborg Chen, and especially the scenery devouring Billy Drago as slithery cyborg hunter Danny Bench all size up as worthy villains. There are brief appearances by Ric Young, Tracey Walter, and Sven-Ole Thorsen. Palance is deliciously hammy much of the time, with his exaggerated delivery of expository dialogue. (You're sure you'll have a pretty good time when you hear Palance uttering the opening information with real gusto.)Ultimately, this is on the routine side, but Schroeder does show some ambition beyond making a mere B movie.Seven out of 10.

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Michael_Elliott

Cyborg 2 (1993) * (out of 4) Really bad, direct-to-video "sequel" takes place in 2074 when two companies (an American and Japanese) are battling over creating cyborgs, which are now everywhere. PinWheel creates Cash Reese (Angelina Jolie) in hopes of taking out the competitor but she runs off with her instructor Elias Koteas) under the guidance of another cyborg (Jack Palance). CYBORG 2 actually got a pretty big budget for a direct-to-video sequel but I think it says quite a bit when Jean-Claude Van Damme refused to return. We actually get to see him in some flashback sequences but this here is just footage from the first movie. This here really isn't a sequel as it's basically just one of those movies that adds a number to a title hoping fans of the original will pick it up. There's really no point in watching this film unless you're a fan of Jolie and want to see her in her first starring role. The actress was just 18 when she made this and apparently she's fairly embarrassed by the picture today. I would say her performance is certainly weak and there's no question that you'd every have watched this in 1993 and thought you were seeing a future Oscar-winner. Thankfully she has a nude scene but this comes so far into the movie that most would have probably already turned the thing off. Palance actually is a blast here and just wait to you hear his narration at the start of the picture. That crispy old voice is just priceless and I think the film would have been a lot more entertaining had they just cut everything from the film except his narration. He does finally appear on screen but it's not for long. The special effects are slightly better than you'd typically see in a picture like this including the sequence over the opening credits. However, the story itself just drags way too much and there wasn't a single second where I was actually interested in what was going on. The boredom level is quite high from start to finish as the 99-minute running time really drags.

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