From /home/matoh/tmp/sf-rev Fri Aug 22 16:18:37 1997 From rec.arts.sf.reviews Tue Jul 15 23:06:50 1997 Path: news.ifm.liu.se!news.lejonet.se!newsfeed1.telia.com!masternews.telia.net!newssrv.ita.tip.net!ubnnews.unisource.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!surfnet.nl!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!ncar!uchinews!cbgw2.lucent.com!nntphub.cb.lucent.com!not-for-mail From: stirling@netlink.com.au (Tim Voon) Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies.reviews,rec.arts.sf.reviews Subject: RETROSPECTIVE: CYBORG 3: THE RECYCLER (1995) Followup-To: rec.arts.movies.past-films,rec.arts.sf.movies Date: 23 Jun 1997 15:26:16 GMT Organization: Mariah Lines: 67 Sender: evelynleeper@geocities.com (Evelyn C. Leeper) Approved: evelynleeper@geocities.com Message-ID: <5om4io$1ad@nntpb.cb.lucent.com> ~Reply-To: stirling@netlink.com.au (Tim Voon) NNTP-Posting-Host: mtvoyager.mt.lucent.com Summary: r.a.m.r. #07910 Keywords: author=Voon Originator: ecl@mtvoyager Xref: news.ifm.liu.se rec.arts.movies.reviews:7333 rec.arts.sf.reviews:1373 CYBORG 3: THE RECYCLER A film review by Tim Voon Copyright 1997 Tim Voon Certification: USA:R MPAA reasons. Rated R for non-stop violence, and for some nudity. Directed by Michael Schroeder Cast : Zach Galligan, Khrystyne Haje, Richard Lynch, Andrew Bryniarski, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bailey Smith, Evan Lurie, Bill Quin, Rebecca Ferratti, William Katt, Dave McSwain, Margaret Avery. Written by Barry Victor, Troy Bolotnick Enjoyment can be derived from what is considered B-Grade action thrillers, with bad acting, embarrassing dialogue and numerous plot loop holes. The story revolves about the end of the 'Golden Age' between the humans and cyborgs, in which humans now hunt the cyborgs for their spare parts. The free cyborgs have hidden themselves in a secret location called 'Cyborg Town' which the bounty hunters are unable to find. We are then introduced to Cash a female cyborg who is able to have children, this is when the plot gets a bit hairy, and the laughs begin. Supposedly her human lover\owner dies after successfully mating with her. She is supposed to be an older model who has been around for awhile so one wanders how well her eggs are holding out; she feels an energy drain, wants an abortion, but then decides to keep the baby so goes looking for a hermit scientist whilst being chased by human bounty hunters who are intrigued by her spare parts. If your mind isn't quite boggled by the complexities of this plot, mine is. Anyway, she finds the scientist, he takes her to Cyborg Town for protection, opens her up like a dishwasher because her first trimester is over, whips out what looks like a fly spray can which is supposedly her womb, and passes it around to all the other cyborgs to have a good gawk at in order to inspire a patriotic will to fight the human bounty hunters who are breathing down their necks. One wanders how the foetus is going to advance the next two trimesters in something as small as that, or why the cyborgs, who are made completely of machinery are so afraid of the humans. Whatever happened to the precedence set by 'Terminator'. I'm shaking my head with great disbelief at this point, but the story must go on. The cyborgs finally gather enough courage to make a stand against the human bounty hunters, a fight ensues in which the cyborgs win, but not before the foetus in a can is tossed about as ransom by the chief bounty hunter, who gets shot by Cash the mother, but the foetus in a can is squished to death by the bounty hunter's last ounce of strength. I figured at this point that perhaps the writers were trying to make a statement about the unfairness of life. But alas, when all the cyborgs are looking glummed face at not having saved the foetus, Cash smugly states that she hid the real foetus in a can and the one that was squished was only a fake. At this point I truly believe that there is no justice in this world. Anyway, this movie was so bad that it was mildly entertaining. - Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au