Cybernator

Low-budget Sci-Fi/Action-Trash, Troma does it again!

C-Y-B-E-R-N-A-T-O-R is that a cringey enough title for you LOL! Yep, the very title of this movie just reeks of low-budget cyborg versus cyborg action and, not surprisingly, that's exactly what we get. And guess what? It's bad, but good for laughs though.

Starting with James Cameron's classic genre-defining film: The Terminator (released to great acclaim in October of 1984) there was an explosion of "cyborg" themed action films (most of which suck, including the last several Terminator films) in the later half of the 80's and well into the 90's. These movies are typically low-budget and were indifferently churned out in great numbers by mostly B-List talent (cast and crew alike) who were, shall we say, not burdened by fame (or even marginal recognition) and expectations. Fortunately the bulk of these movies were direct-to-video, so they never soiled the big screen to any great extent. Anyways back to Cybernator, sad to say this stodgy amateurish effort represents the genre to a T and is a profoundly underwhelming movie by all measures; starting with it's lame opening credits sequence and ending with a VERY VERY lackluster finale, this movie offers it's viewers little in the way of entertainment. On the plus-side, I did thoroughly enjoy the high-energy scene with the sleazy adulterous couple in the beginning, they're over-the-top acting is a real hoot and it's easily the movies most energetic scene.

As for an overview of CYBERNATOR (again, that title LOL!!!) the cast is bad - as is their acting, the script is often questionable (but hey, who wouldn't want to be a "Blackhawk 2000" cyborg, right?) the sets are very cheap, the location photography is boring and mundane, the movie is often poorly paced and it's action scenes are less than stellar - to downright unconvincing (Having just taken multiple rounds in the gut! Just lay down and play dead, very convincing). This film would have been better had they cast David Carradine in the lead, he was made for low-budget action-trash like this and his filmography is proof of that. You will be amusingly underwhelmed at how lame most of the cyborgs look, due to their terrible looking make-up and prosthetics and how about the "dumpy cyborg" about 70 minutes in. ROFL! With all joking aside there's not one single impressive action sequence or even any good stunts to be seen anywhere and with that being said one can easily -and quite logically- conclude that Cybernator is, by all possible metrics, a total failure of an action film. Terminator 2 this is not. Hell, this well below Cyborg Cop 2 for that matter OR EVEN Robo Vampire.....

Closing Note: "Cybernator" is simply as amateurish as they come and you can safely skip it and not miss out on anything - at all. However, if you have a fetish for terrible movies, like I do, then by all means watch Cybernator TODAY! But please don't spend and therefore waste any money on it, because it's not worth a dime or a damn.

To anyone: In the scene with the 350 pound belly-dancer (I know - WTF?), is that James Cameron in a cameo or do my senses betray me? It looks like him. It sounds like him. Hmmmm.....

"Cybernator" is great fun, if you don't take this all to earnest. It's a trashy movie with cheap special effects but it is a must for fans of William Smith. He has just three appearances als Colonel Peck but they are really worth to watch.

Just plain bad. Horrible acting, ridiculous special effects and a simplistic plot built around a single twist, without any of the appealing quirks of a good bad movie. If you have 85 minutes to kill, and want to make those minutes suffer, this is the movie for you!

Hey...don't buy this film...don't watch it...try to keep away of it...IT'S AWFUL...I haven't seen any worse movie before. You can see that it's always the same room...that the special effects are bought at a supermarket and so on....

There is hardly a chance to make a worse film than this one

I was surprised to see that six people actually voted this a 10 rating. Surprised because I didn't think there were six people on the entire crew.

This movie redefines the phrase "low tech." Set in a world where cyborgs move among us, the sets, costumes and props can best be described as "sixth grade drama club." There are some entertaining things about the movie, however. Most of the acting is hilarious, which would be great if it were a comedy.

The casting is sub-par, even for such a cheapo flick. You have to suspect that more than a few of the actors were also investors. If not, the casting director should be keelhauled under a moving Hummer. It's also likely that a substantial portion of the budget came from investors who paid extra to have their scenes cut after viewing the finished product.

Lonnie Schuyler as the lead male is deliciously bad. Cult bad. A fully accredited graduate of the raise-your-eyebrow-and-snarl school of acting. I'm happy to see that he has had a long career (no doubt due to this masterpiece) starring in such classics as Legend of Skull Canyon and Hell's Paradox. Hopefully some day there'll be a Lonnie Schuyler Festival.

To say he stands out in a cast loaded with bad actors is no empty claim. This flick packs wall-to-wall ham. There are, to be fair, two good actors in the movie. Two chicks sitting in the strip club audience, on screen for all of ten seconds, while a hard-bodied lovely flails like a crippled baboon in front of the cheesiest backdrop ever featured in a film (or a strip club).

There is one performance which is not to be missed. Approximately sixty two minutes into this epic, the director serves up a three hundred pound belly dancer, shaking her blubber in a skid row alley. This scene alone will qualify Cybernator as sure fire party viewing for 10 year old boys.

I am making it my life's quest to hunt down all of director Robert Rundle's other films. He is the new Ed Wood.