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Cyborg (1989)

Cyborg poster
Directed by
Albert Pyun
Genre
cyberpunk, action film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 839 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic future, a mercenary named Gibson Rickenbacker fights a gang of marauders led by Fender Tremolo along the East Coast. The marauders are murderous and Gibson battles them with his martial arts skills.

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What happens

Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts cyberpunk film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo (Vincent Klyn) along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future. Is the first installment in the Cyborg film series and it was followed by the sequels Cyborg 2 (1993) and Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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