The Vindicator (1986)

Directed by

Jean-Claude Lord

Genre

action film, horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man dies in a lab accident and is brought back to life as a cyborg in a secret experiment. The film follows his struggle with his new mechanical body and the people who control him.

tenseclinicalmelancholicbleakslow-burnvisceralpulsingdystopianmistrustful

What happens

The Vindicator (also known as Frankenstein '88 and known in Brazil as Roboman) is a 1986 Canadian science fiction film directed by Jean-Claude Lord. The film is a modern-day retelling of the classic Frankenstein story set in the 1980s. Its plot involves a man who was killed in an accident in a laboratory, but revived as part of an experiment as a cyborg. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and released on video by Key Video (a division of CBS/FOX Video) and is now out of print. The special effects were by Stan Winston. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Fly (1986)
• The Colossus of New York (1958)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Vendetta dal futuro (1986)
• I-Man (1986)
• Who Is Julia? (1986)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Programmed to Kill (1987)