Cyborg 2 is a sequel to the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Cyborg from 1989 produced by The Cannon Group, Inc. and directed by Albert Pyun. This sequel was directed by Michael Schroeder and produced by Sharad Patel, who took the project to Trimark Pictures. They ended up hiring a very young Angeline Jolie as the female lead, among the cast we also have Elias Koteas, Jack Palance, Billy Drago, Karen Sheperd, Allen Garfield and Renee Griffin.
The year is a dystopian 2074. A new and highly human android assassin prototype, Cash (Angelina), created by a robotics company (an American company engaging in a cybernetics war with a Japanese one) defects. She leaves her life of secret espionage and runs away with her combat instructor. Tracked by bounty hunters, the couple must fight to retain their humanity.
The story of Cyborg 2 isn't anything special, I think it's unoriginal but potentially decent if the right writer touches it. The actual execution of its concepts isn't anything truly interesting in any way either and the characters themselves are plain and flat. However, if the weak plot doesn't drive you away, you are rewarded with some nice action scenes and a slightly emotional ending, at least one that you don't often see in this type of shoddy action sequel. There is some gold underneath all of its dullness.
I would say it’s saved by the astounding and well constructed art direction and its solidly crafted special effects, featuring detailed and convincing miniature futuristic city landscapes that are very reminiscent of Blade Runner and other classics. They enrich the visual designs and components of the film quite a lot.
Jolie delivers a decent performance and does her choreographies quite decently as well. Her looks certainly do more heavy lifting than her actual acting but she is still not bad in this. Everyone else is just overdoing it or coming off as stale.
As an action movie, the actual fights and shootouts are the real reason why you wanna watch this movie and in that sense it's not a bad flick to waste time with. You have some imaginative confrontations, such as the one with Jolie being yanked by a rope by her neck, a rope being held by a female enemy. The most memorable moment in the entire film.
Only recommended for hardcore sci-fi fanatics who enjoy viewing nineties action flicks more than a fleshed out storyline. You could do worse.
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