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Monday Movie Musings - Cyborg August 18, 2025

Cyborg (1989) Rated R 6/10

This is my kind of movie!

Date Watched: 8 March 2025

Word on the street is that this came about from the sets and costumes of cancelled He-man and Spider-Man movies and that makes sense. Apparently the director wanted it to be a heavy metal opera! Apparently there’s a directors cut that 99 out of a 100 people hated! I’ll have to track it down next.

Meanwhile, I enjoyed the story well enough, the costumes were great, my gosh Jean-Claude Van Damme was young!

I came to this movie because someone on the internet was talking about how all the characters are named after guitar brands. Between that and my love of A: Low budget 80s film, B: Low budget post apocalyptic film, C: Movies featuring Martial Arts in general, and D: Jean-Claude Van Damme specifically, I knew I had to get my hands on this, and I was not disappointed.

You have to be a certain type of person to love this kind of movie, and I am that certain type of person. I’m surprised I’m not giving this a 10!