Cyborg Cop

Cyborg Cop (theatrically released in the Philippines as Universal Warrior 2) is a 1993 American direct-to-video science-fiction action film starring David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Todd Jensen, Alonna Shaw, and Rufus Swart as the Cyborg. It was directed by Sam Firstenberg and written by Greg Latter. It is the first installment in the Cyborg Cop film series. The film has two sequels, Cyborg Cop II and Cyborg Cop III, released in 1995 as Terminal Impact.[1]

Cyborg Cop
Official VHS cover
Directed bySam Firstenberg
Written byGreg Latter
Produced byDanny Lerner
StarringDavid Bradley
John Rhys-Davies
Todd Jensen
Alonna Shaw
Ron Smerczak
Edited byAlan Patillo
Production
company
Distributed byVidmark Entertainment
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Ex-DEA officer Jack Ryan has quit his job following a terrible shoot-out. Jack Ryan receives a message for help from his brother Phillip, who had been employed for a dangerous military mission in the Caribbean. He is unaware that his brother is being used for an unprecedented scientific experiment: Professor Joachim Kessel has developed a technique to turn any soldier into a Cyborg - a half-human, half-robot creature - virtually indestructible. Thanks to his army of Cyborgs, Kessel wants to take over the Caribbean, and Jack will become a kind of "Cop of the Cyborgs" to stop the man.

Cast
  • David Bradley as DEA Agent Jack Ryan
  • Todd Jensen as Phillip Ryan
  • John Rhys-Davies as Professor Joachim Kessel
  • Alonna Shaw as Cathy
  • Ron Smerczak as Callan
  • Rufus Swart as Cyborg
  • Anthony Fridjon as Hogan
  • Shalom Kenan as Steve
  • Robert Whitehead as Dr. Stechman
  • Steven Leader as Frankie
  • Robert Reynolds as Johnson
  • Ernest Ndlovu as Sergeant

Release

Cyborg Cop was released direct-to-video in the United States in 1993. In the Philippines, the film was theatrically released by Solar Films as Universal Warrior 2 on May 19, 1995.[2]

Critical reception

Critical reception was generally, although not universally, poor. Halliwell's Film Guide, for example, described it as "dim standard robot action fodder" with a "violent, cliché-ridden plot".[3]

References
  1. "Terminal Impact (1995)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012.
  2. "Grand Opening Today". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. May 19, 1995. Retrieved October 23, 2022. A film by Sam Firstenberg starring David Bradley
  3. "Cyborg Cop - LoveFilm.com". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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