Cyborg Soldier (2008)

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Hand on heart, then I must admit that I had little expectations, if any at all, to "Cyborg Soldier". I mean, everything here just screams low budget and questionable movie, from storyline to the list of cast talents appearing on the cast list.The story in "Cyborg Soldier" is about a genetically enhanced person, a cyborg of sorts, who escapes the confines of the research facility where he was created and kept captive. In the outside world he has a run in with a local sheriff and teams up with her to avoid capture by the very same people who created him.Right, nothing new or overly thrilling about the storyline or plot here. And there most certainly is nothing new to be had here, that haven't already been seen in other similar Sci-Fi inspired movies.And as for the acting, well let's just say that it has Tiffani Thiessen in a leading role, and that needs no further explanation, you know what I am getting to here. And alongside her was actor Rich Franklin, whom I can't claim to be familiar with at all. Aside from Tiffani Thiessen, then the only familiar faces I saw were Bruce Greenwood and Jim Annan.It didn't take long before I found my attention directed to the mobile phone and not on the actual events on the screen, because the movie just didn't come off as being interesting or captivating in any sense. And scarily enough, then you don't really have to be paying attention to the screen in order to keep up with the events of the story and how the movie turned out. Yeah, it was that generic and predictable.The effects, although there isn't an abundance of them in the movie, were actually adequate enough, and they served their purpose well enough. However, it just wasn't particularly impressive or memorable, and definitely wasn't spectacular to really catch your attention.This wasn't a memorable movie in any sense, and that I have seen it, I can check it off the list and I know that I will not be watching it a second time around.

Cyborg Soldier or also known as run out of ideas let's just copy paste the bullet scene from Terminator 2 and Jean Claude Van Damme's dinner scene from Universal Soldier because why not? There's some good fight scenes and some over the place acting also why the hell is Bruce Greenwood in this movie? Also the menu of he DVD and the poster refers to him as a Cyborg he's just a dude with nanobots inside him for god shakes and you will see that during the end where the 'big fight' happens with that horrible cgi use of lightning. A movie so dumb and predictable that you will definitely have some kind of fun with it i'm sure of that.

When you ain't subscribed to cable or satellite like I am, your choice of movies are limited to Telefutura, Telemundo, or the digital-only channel THIS. I discovered "Cyborg Soldier" on Telefutura. The channel that boasts films starring Arnold, Jean-Claude, or Steven didn't list any stars for the movie's promo (not even Tiffani[-Amber] Theissen, but aisle talk about her L8r). Also like w/ other such lackluster televised cinema, I was doing something else instead of solely watching the movie, such as playing the Wii. Twas a smart choice as I was incredibly bored during most of "Cyborg Soldier." The only action scenes were near the beginning & the end. In between was pretty much a really bad d8 w/ Kelly from "Saved by the Bell." 2 describe it specifically: 1) No date gets a woman in the mood when the man gouges out bullets from his front. 2) The movie takes place in the winter, so Theissen is overdressed. But considering how aged she looks in "Cyborg Soldier," u probably ain't missin' much. (Can't she follow in her costar Mario Lopez's footsteps & dance w/ the stars?) & 3) The film's a long dull adventure of Tiffani as a bounty hunter unraveling the mystery of her cyborg fella. 1 cool gross scene was the cyborg stabbing a thug in the eye, w/ a tattoo of said f8 for gratuitous irony. But nevertheless, "Cyborg Soldier" is still 4gettable & best watched while doing something else like playing the Wii, Xbox or PS3, doing Sudoku or the crossword on your newspaper, or just texting.

I am not a huge fan of neither cheap nor expensive action movies, I am however a big fan of UFC.With the previous movies starring MMA stars like Randy Couture I was severely disappointed by the overall level of professionalism and performance with Scorpion King 2 being probably the worst movie I have seen this year. So you can probably imagine by now that when I've heard about "Cyborg Soldier" I wasn't particularly excited.I'm not going to review the plot as you can get the idea from the synopsis, it is quite simple BUT the way the movie is done, even though it is low budget actually makes up for it. There's plenty of action, well made fight scenes, even some funny parts (depending on your sense of humour though) and Rich Franklin absolutely rocks. His acting resembles A. Schwarzeneggers in the Terminator, though it's not that extremely "mechanic" and emotionless, after all Isaac is still a human being.Movie is a must see for any UFC fan and everyone who likes good action movies. It's not Bourne(far from it) but trust me, you won't be disappointed.