Tagline(s):

Part Man. Part Machine. Pure Killer.

Nomination Year: 1995

SYNOPSIS: A female scientist and her son are trapped in her high-tech workplace by a group of terrorists who are out to steal the nuclear bomb stored there. Fortunately, she's helped by the janitor, who also happens to be an expert kickboxer. Unfortunately, the leader of the terrorists turns out to be a literal killing machine--an unstoppable android with artificial intelligence (much like the rest of the cast in that regard).

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Special Effect

Must've Been a Cyborg-Seeking Missile The male hero of the film (the janitor at the top-secret facility where all this takes place) is trying to escape the complex before it self-destructs. He's hanging from a helicopter by a rope-ladder above an open missile silo. But unfortunately, the evil cyborg has followed, and grabs the janitor's foot. They struggle in front of one of the most egregious uses of the blue-screen technique that I've ever seen. Meanwhile, an Army attack chopper has been ordered to fire a missile and destroy the complex. The janitor finally knocks the cyborg off the rope-ladder. With superb cinematic timing, the cyborg falls (another terrible blue-screen event), and is impaled on the missile. Then the complex begins to self-destruct, and as the helicopter pulls away, we are treated to the janitor's continued climb up the rope ladder against a clearly blue-screened backdrop of fire and explosions (!).

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"WHAT?!"
They Should've Made Him an Alien Cyborg Okay, it's bad enough that a clever bunch of terrorists has taken over the complex, but suddenly, it turns out that the leader is a cyborg! We don't find out right away, mind you--it's from out of the blue, halfway through the film.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
John Eyres	Directed the Shadowchaser series. And Irish Jam.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Frank Zagarino	Android	Plays a lot of cyborgs and androids, like in the Shadowchaser series.
Bryan Genesse	Frank Meade	Played Rocco Carner on "The Bold and the Beautiful" and Grady Jameson on "Street Justice." Trained in Hun Gar Kung Fu and Muay Thai (the martial art, not the drink).
Beth Toussaint	Laurie Webber	The original "Anna Sheridan" on Babylon 5, before the role was taken over by Bruce Boxleitner's wife. Played Tracey Lawton on "Dallas" and Hope Adams Wilson on "The Young and the Restless."
Daniel Bonjour	Ricky	AKA Danny Hill (not "Danny Hello?"). Played Levon Patch on "iZombie," Daniel Lawrence on "Frequency," and Aiden Monroe on "The Walking Dead."
Robin Smith	Prine	Career peak was probably his small appearance in Ernest Goes to Africa.
Danny Keogh	John O'Hara	Portrayed Julius Galt on "Charlie Jade," plus a lot of B-parts in action roles.
Gavin Hood	Tieg	Was the Giant in Ender's Game.
Jeff Fannell	Carl Reitman
Todd Jensen	Joe Hutton	Commissioner Morelli in Thick as Thieves and Det. Traxler in Ninja.

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