Cyborg (1989)

(In French, On Cable TV, May 2019) I was never a big fan of Jean-Claude van Damme in his prime period, and it’s dull movies like Cyborg that explain why. Here, a generic post-apocalyptic landscape acts as a backdrop to a series of poorly justified fight sequences. The occasional flashes of interest in the story and cyborg effects soon pass, hampered by a limited budget and a lack of imagination. Director Albert Puyn isn’t known for high quality productions, and his work on Cyborg is true to form: aside from very occasional instances of visual flair, it feels like an incredibly generic piece of 1980s action filmmaking. The lead actors may be attractive (Deborah Richter in particular), but the film gets boring very quickly once the martial arts sequences begin.