YMMV / Cyborg (1989)

• Complete Monster:
  • Cyborg (1989): Fender Tremolo makes the most of a world After the End where he can do whatever he wants. The leader of a group of vicious marauders called The Pirates, Fender seems to want nothing so much as to wipe out every survivor he can. Fender murdered the girlfriend of hero Gibson Rickenbacker and her son, kidnapping her daughter as a pet and servant. He kills nearly everyone he comes across and takes special delight in tormenting Gibson himself. When he finally captures Gibson, he crucifies him on a mast. While he wants to cure himself of the plague that's infected so many, Fender has no compunction slaughtering everyone else and scenes set before show he was just as evil before the widespread plague hit; he just needed something to set him loose.
  • Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1994 Direct to Video In Name Only sequel): Anton Lewellyn is a "Recycler", a bounty hunter of Cyborg parts. A sadist who regularly brutalizes prostitutes for fun, Lewellyn hunts down innocent cyborgs, mutilating and killing them before having his partner Jocko murder them. Even worse is that Jocko was a kind protector until Lewellyn captured him and had him brainwashed into a killer just for extra muscle. Lewellyn keeps their eyes as trophies on a necklace he shows off to future victims to taunt them. Upon learning the cyborg Cash is miraculously pregnant and fleeing to the cyborg haven Cyworld, Lewellyn pursues them, raising an army to massacre every cyborg there and cull them for parts to feed his greed and sadism.
• Cult Classic: While originally a Sleeper Hit, the first movie then gained a cult following due to the perfect balance between cheap schlock, Narm Charm and competent film-making.
• Fridge Horror: Just what kind of horrors Hayley must have witnessed or even been through before she was reunited with Gibson?! Especially to render her as nothing but an Empty Shell. Some thoughts about what Fender and the other pirates might have done to her over the course of her time with them is pretty horrifying.
• He Really Can Act: Man, who would've thought that a happy-go-lucky◊ surfer from New Zealand◊ could not only look as physically imposing as Van Damme in his prime◊ but be fucking terrifying◊ as well?
• Narm:
  • Some of the dialogue is mind blowing. And the studio cut significantly toned it down from the director's version, where Fender seems to be a full blown Antichrist with a Religion of Evil.
  • Cyborg 3's subtitle: The Recycler.
• Signature Scene: Two. And despite the premise of both being ridiculous, the visuals make up for that:
  • Van Damme performing his trademark split to lay an ambush on a mook in a narrow, dark sewer. The specific shot from it even used to populate the covers of various home media releases.
  • Gibson getting a very literal Crucified Hero Shot and saving himself by repetitively kicking the mast he's tied to, until it breaks.

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