About this episode
The episode discusses the 1989 film 'Cyborg' and its impact on the action movie genre and Cannon Films.
In this episode we look at the 1989 Jean Claude Van Damme movie that thrust JCVD into the limelight of 90's action movie super stars while simultaneously hammering the final nail into the Golan Globus coffin. At one time a Hollywood powerhouse, Cannon Films flew too close to the sun and found themselves undone by their own machinery. Cyborg was the ultimate result of this failure, a movie thrown together from the unused costumes and sets from unproduced movies. In the not-too distant future, mankind is reduced to medieval state by some unspecified disaster and if that's not bad enough, the survivors are being killed off by a pandemic plague. Luckily, the last scientists on earth developed a cure but need some pieces of the puzzle brought back from New York City. They turn one of their own into a cyborg and send her to get it but evil pirates kill off her escort and strand her there. Lucky for her, here comes Gibson Rickenbacher, a slinger who can fight back against the pirates and get her back to her lab. It's a real dumb good time. Join the Bring Me The Axe Discord: https://discord.gg/snkxuxzJ Support…
People in this episode
Hosts: Bryan White, Dave White
Topics covered
- 1989 film
- action movies
- Cannon Films
- Jean Claude Van Damme
- sci-fi
- post-apocalyptic
Keywords
- Cyborg
- Jean Claude Van Damme
- Cannon Films
- action movie
- sci-fi
- post-apocalyptic
- Golan Globus
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cannon Films
Books & works: Cyborg
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