MovieFilter: Help identify Cyborg flick
July 24, 2009 7:07 AM Subscribe
I'm trying to find out what specific cyborg movie I remember seeing as a kid. Details are inside, but scarce!
Once my dad took me to stay at a hotel when my sister was having a big slumber party (awesome dad FTW!). I remember playing board games and staying up late to watch some way-too-mature-for-my-age movie on HBO/similar.
The movie was about Cyborgs of some sort. From what I recall, it was set in a post-apocalyptic future when humans were fighting cyborgs. The setting seemed to be the desert, and it mostly took place outdoors. The main character was a woman, I'm pretty sure. I get the feeling that there were "good" and "bad" cyborgs as well. The main female character may have even been a cyborg. It was almost like a cyborg war in the desert. I think I remember there being a child or children that needed protected as well.
It was certainly not a high-budget, famous movie like Terminator (I've seen all the Terminators many times and it was nothing like them). Nor does it appear to be the van Damme "Cyborg" flick. I know there was a sequel to that with Angelina Jolie, but that doesn't look familiar at all. I don't remember anything about the title. It may or may not have actually included the word "cyborg".
The time period when I saw it would have been early 90s. The movie may have been a little older, though it was on the premium movie channels at the time. Actually, I remember we had just gone to see "Stargate" in theaters that night, which came out in 1994, so that is a clue.
I know the details are scarce, but I've been wondering about this my whole life in the back of my mind. If I see video or screencaps I'll almost certainly be able to identify it.
Thanks MeFites!
Once my dad took me to stay at a hotel when my sister was having a big slumber party (awesome dad FTW!). I remember playing board games and staying up late to watch some way-too-mature-for-my-age movie on HBO/similar.
The movie was about Cyborgs of some sort. From what I recall, it was set in a post-apocalyptic future when humans were fighting cyborgs. The setting seemed to be the desert, and it mostly took place outdoors. The main character was a woman, I'm pretty sure. I get the feeling that there were "good" and "bad" cyborgs as well. The main female character may have even been a cyborg. It was almost like a cyborg war in the desert. I think I remember there being a child or children that needed protected as well.
It was certainly not a high-budget, famous movie like Terminator (I've seen all the Terminators many times and it was nothing like them). Nor does it appear to be the van Damme "Cyborg" flick. I know there was a sequel to that with Angelina Jolie, but that doesn't look familiar at all. I don't remember anything about the title. It may or may not have actually included the word "cyborg".
The time period when I saw it would have been early 90s. The movie may have been a little older, though it was on the premium movie channels at the time. Actually, I remember we had just gone to see "Stargate" in theaters that night, which came out in 1994, so that is a clue.
I know the details are scarce, but I've been wondering about this my whole life in the back of my mind. If I see video or screencaps I'll almost certainly be able to identify it.
Thanks MeFites!
Could it have been Knights with Kris Kristofferson and Lance Henriksen?
posted by JaredSeth at 7:19 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by JaredSeth at 7:19 AM on July 24, 2009
Seconding Knights. With a plot like this, how can you lose:
In the future, a kickboxer and a robot lead a revolution against ruling cyborgs.
posted by damn dirty ape at 7:29 AM on July 24, 2009
In the future, a kickboxer and a robot lead a revolution against ruling cyborgs.
posted by damn dirty ape at 7:29 AM on July 24, 2009
Response by poster:
I think it had a more futuristic feel to it, not a neo-medieval feel.
posted by sprocket87 at 7:32 AM on July 24, 2009
ricochet biscuit:Definitely not - it was not just one cyborg/robot but a large number fighting each other. Nothing else about that movie sounds familiar either. Thanks for playing though!
Although there is a distinction between cyborgs and robots which geeks like me sometimes think about, the movie otherwise sounds like it could be Hardware, from 1990. Hey, it's got killer robots, a post-apocalyptic desert, and Iggy Pop and Lemmy in supporting roles, so it is worth mentioning in any circumstance.
JaredSeth:Wow, that's a lot closer! I don't think that's what it was, though elements look slightly similar (mostly the desert setting I think). Still, the enemy cyborgs do not look familiar at all.
Could it have been Knights with Kris Kristofferson and Lance Henriksen?
I think it had a more futuristic feel to it, not a neo-medieval feel.
posted by sprocket87 at 7:32 AM on July 24, 2009
Response by poster: I should mention that I'm pretty sure guns were involved :)
posted by sprocket87 at 7:33 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by sprocket87 at 7:33 AM on July 24, 2009
American Cyborg: Steel Warrior certainly looks like what you describe. You can watch the first two minutes or so here on Amazon Unbox to verify.
posted by joshrholloway at 7:45 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by joshrholloway at 7:45 AM on July 24, 2009
Setting: Check! Wasted desert, reddish, bombed-out looking city.
Cyborg: Check! Artist's boyfriend (Dylan McDermott, I think), who scavenges in the desert, has a metal cyborg replacement, from about the forearm down.
Bad robot: Check.
Hardware is what you want, Hardware is what you get.
posted by adipocere at 7:53 AM on July 24, 2009
Cyborg: Check! Artist's boyfriend (Dylan McDermott, I think), who scavenges in the desert, has a metal cyborg replacement, from about the forearm down.
Bad robot: Check.
Hardware is what you want, Hardware is what you get.
posted by adipocere at 7:53 AM on July 24, 2009
Response by poster: American Cyborg doesn't look anything like it, from the various YouTube clips I watched. Sorry :(
posted by sprocket87 at 7:54 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by sprocket87 at 7:54 AM on July 24, 2009
Response by poster: And it's absolutely, definitely, 100% not Hardware.
Like I said, it was almost a big, outdoor Cyborg war... Knights looked similar in the setting, but not the specifics.
posted by sprocket87 at 7:56 AM on July 24, 2009
Like I said, it was almost a big, outdoor Cyborg war... Knights looked similar in the setting, but not the specifics.
posted by sprocket87 at 7:56 AM on July 24, 2009
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posted by sprocket87 at 8:16 AM on July 24, 2009
aedraNope, definitely not - sorry!
Could it be Screamers that your thinking of?
posted by sprocket87 at 8:16 AM on July 24, 2009
There's A.P.E.X. though the baddies were all obviously robots IIRC, there were female human fighters (1994).
Alternatively there's Nemesis with Olivier Grunier, the poor man's JCVD. Proper modified human cyborgs and I think, some female ones.
posted by biffa at 8:17 AM on July 24, 2009
Alternatively there's Nemesis with Olivier Grunier, the poor man's JCVD. Proper modified human cyborgs and I think, some female ones.
posted by biffa at 8:17 AM on July 24, 2009
A few more possibilities (movies with really bad names):
Robot Jox
Robot Wars
Robo Warriors
Gunhed or Ganheddo
posted by iconomy at 8:17 AM on July 24, 2009
Robot Jox
Robot Wars
Robo Warriors
Gunhed or Ganheddo
posted by iconomy at 8:17 AM on July 24, 2009
My absolute shot-in-the-dark guess is Cherry 2000. I'm probably wrong but it does have a female cyborg and deserts.
posted by Monster_Zero at 8:20 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by Monster_Zero at 8:20 AM on July 24, 2009
Also, holy cow this thread is going to make an amazing watch list.
posted by Monster_Zero at 8:21 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by Monster_Zero at 8:21 AM on July 24, 2009
Oh, also - you mentioned Cyborg and Cyborg 2, but there is a Cyborg 3 and it's really bad. It also has a lead female cyborg and is set in a desert in post-apocalyptic times. But then again, aren't they all.
posted by iconomy at 8:35 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by iconomy at 8:35 AM on July 24, 2009
Just as a point of reference, Stargate was released on Oct. 28, 1994, so any movie released before that is a possibility.
posted by iconomy at 8:59 AM on July 24, 2009
posted by iconomy at 8:59 AM on July 24, 2009
Response by poster:
Knights is the only thing slightly familiar so far. But I still don't think that was it. Imagine... Knights, but instead of neo-mideval baddies, you've got humanoid cyborgs with guns. Also, it does seem that the general costuming in the flick was sort of ragged, tattered cloths, like Knights or WaterWorld.
Eh??
Thanks all :)
posted by sprocket87 at 9:25 AM on July 24, 2009
A.P.E.X.None of these :(
Nemesis
Robot Jox
Robot Wars
Robo Warriors
Cyborg 3
Cherry 2000
TC2000
American Cyborg
Knights is the only thing slightly familiar so far. But I still don't think that was it. Imagine... Knights, but instead of neo-mideval baddies, you've got humanoid cyborgs with guns. Also, it does seem that the general costuming in the flick was sort of ragged, tattered cloths, like Knights or WaterWorld.
Eh??
Thanks all :)
posted by sprocket87 at 9:25 AM on July 24, 2009
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posted by sprocket87 at 10:30 AM on July 27, 2009
I-baLLI bet you're wrong :P
I bet you it's Cyborg 2.
posted by sprocket87 at 10:30 AM on July 27, 2009
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posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:12 AM on July 24, 2009