We are back with Day 3 of Misleading
Titles Week and boy this one was a doozy. Initially the story goes
this film was made after a failed attempt at a Spider-Man movie and
then a continuation of Golan-Globus' Masters of the Universe. The
production company of Golan-Globus (New Year's Evil,
Death Wish II, Missing in Action, Lifeforce, King Solomon's Mines,
Under Cover and Speedway Junky) bringing us a misleading
title of Masters of the Universe 2. If you have satelite or digital
cable and this particular movie comes on the working title or USA TV
title if you will. This is Cyborg a.k.a. Slinger a.k.a. Masters of
the Universe 2 a.k.a. Cyborg 009 and Masters of the Universe 2:
Cyborg.
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Our director Albert Pyun (The
Sword and the Sorcerer, Alien from L.A., Journey to the Center of the
Earth, Captain America [1991 version], Nemesis, Brain Smasher... A
Love Story, Spitfire and Omega Doom) has a hit or miss with a
modest budget from films brings us a tale of post-apocalypse due to a
virus cripples the planet. A gathering of scientists and doctors in
Atlanta have to journey to New York City to acquire the remaining
piece of the research creating a cure to this plague. Pearl Prophet
(Dayle Haddon of Paperback Hero, The Last Romantic Lover, North
Dallas Forty, Bedroom Eyes, Unbecoming Age and Fiesta)
volunteers to be augmented into a cyborg to hold the information.
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Her bodyguard Marshall Strat (Alex
Daniels of T.J. Hooker, Starman, Werewolf, Batman & Robin, Star
Kid and Holes) does his level best but is jumped by a gang of
marauders led by Fender (Vincent Klyn of Cyborg, Point Break,
Bloodmatch, Nemesis, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Double
Dragon, Ballistic, Night Hunter, Prey of the Jaguar and Baywatch),
a terrifyingly built man of 6 foot 2 and roughly about 250 lbs of
muscle turns Marshall into a pretzel, manages to fight the thugs off
and escape with Pearl. Dying off, Marshall tells Pearl to hire a
slinger (mercenary) to finish her mission back to Atlanta.
Encountering Gibson Rickenbacker (Jean Claude Van Damme of
Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact, Universal Soldier, Time Cop and
Street Fighter), gruff merc with a heart of gold he joins
with Pearl to Atlanta. So anyone else getting the writer had a
thing for musical instruments and brands?? Fender? Gibson?
Marshall? Yeah maybe he was a failed guitarist. Can Gibson safely
bring Pearl back to Atlanta while avoiding the raiders and gangs??
Will they save humanity or will it just be dust in the wind?
A little trivia on the film now. This
theatrical and VHS release was heavily edited to avoid an X rating
due to the gore. At one point in the warehouse fight fight Van
Damme is fighting a guy and he just seems to teleport or blip away in
the next second, which would be a great effect if exploited but no.
Lazy editing and continuity is confusing. Cannon Films snagged Van
Damme instead of Chuck Norris because his costs would not be as high
as Van Damme was relatively unknown at the time. This was the last
official theater release film from Cannon Films after they went
bankrupt in 1987 and lots of direct to video afterwards.
Several of the costumes are recycled
from Masters of the Universe. Most of Fender's outfit is from Blade
in Masters of the Universe. Hope they cleaned the chainmail. The
original script was to be a sequel of Masters of the Universe in
which He-Man returns to Earth to see the Earth has been left a
wasteland destroyed and conquered by Skeletor. WHY THE HELL DIDN'T
WE GET THAT FLICK??!!!! Not a bad set of action scenes but the
story drags... a lot...
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