The Vindicator: Frankenstein 2000

Original title: The Vindicator

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The Vindicator: Frankenstein 2000 (1986)

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An employee undergoes involuntary robotic transformation, programmed as a killing machine that must destroy anything in proximity due to the company's secret weapons project.An employee undergoes involuntary robotic transformation, programmed as a killing machine that must destroy anything in proximity due to the company's secret weapons project.An employee undergoes involuntary robotic transformation, programmed as a killing machine that must destroy anything in proximity due to the company's secret weapons project.

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Trivia
Catherine Disher's debut.

Quotes
Carl Lehman: God damn it, I'm not Carl! I don't know who I am. I'm a machine. I... I can't feel, I can't touch. I'm not human!
Lauren Lehman: I love you!
Carl Lehman: You can't love this.
[Carl removes his helmet, exposing his brain]

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Featured in Best of the Worst: The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R. (2013)

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Flawed Nostalgic Scifi Grit.

A scientist working on a top secret experiment is killed in an explosion but the corporation that funds his experiments transforms him into a robot.

A resurrection science fiction film that despite being a B-low budget affair has a grander 80's film quality feel thanks to some gritty, raw and rough round the edges special effects from Stan Winston. Richard Cox and Pam Grier are watchable and some performances are above average. Written by Edith Rey and David Preston, the dialogue is sometimes a little clunky, yet their story fairs better exploring some moral dilemmas.

Jean-Claude Lord's Vindicator was of its day. Although it predates Robocop (1987) in retrospect I remember the main draw to watch it was because of The Terminator (1984). That said, the Vindicator shares more with Frankenstein and the Wraith (1986). It has some nice visual moments, simmering violence and emotional clout. It has a certain off beat charm, a nostalgia that has stayed in my mind since watching the VHS. On revisiting The Vindicator it's not as fast paced as I remembered, but it's entertaining, worth viewing if for comparable curiosity only.