Crappy film

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

It's the year 2074 and corporate warfare dominates. The PinWheel corporation creates cyborg Casella 'Cash' Reese (Angelina Jolie) to infiltrate the rival corporation and self-detonate using a new explosive called Glass Shadow. Colton 'Colt' Ricks (Elias Koteas) is her human trainer. The mysterious Mercy (Jack Palance) helps them escape. PinWheel leader Martin Dunn is a double agent who intends to get Cash for the Japanese. He sends Cyborg Tracker Danny Bench as well as Japanese cyborg Chen.At least the original has Van Damme fighting. It was still not a good movie. This has even less. Jolie is hot but limited in action. The whole style is a cheesy vibe with a disembodied Palance on the TV screens. There is a lot of overacting. It's pretty boring with a feel of cheap futuristic sci-fi.

When you watch this film, you can see that the participants were trying. There is evidence of real effort. But all you need to know is that Angelina Jolie says when she saw the film, she went home and was sick.The film scores very low on this site and deservedly so. Much of it is boring. And much of the dialogue is cheesy.There is a fine line between an homage and a derivative. "Cyborg 2" mostly has the feel of the latter.Overall, this film is very uneven. Sometimes the music sounds impressive, sometimes annoying. Sometimes Angelina does a good job; most of the time she cannot overcome the script or her own inexperience. The plot has little to tell us. The action scenes cannot sustain the film on their own, though mostly they too are tedious.

Cyborg 2 (1993) * (out of 4) Really bad, direct-to-video "sequel" takes place in 2074 when two companies (an American and Japanese) are battling over creating cyborgs, which are now everywhere. PinWheel creates Cash Reese (Angelina Jolie) in hopes of taking out the competitor but she runs off with her instructor Elias Koteas) under the guidance of another cyborg (Jack Palance). CYBORG 2 actually got a pretty big budget for a direct-to-video sequel but I think it says quite a bit when Jean-Claude Van Damme refused to return. We actually get to see him in some flashback sequences but this here is just footage from the first movie. This here really isn't a sequel as it's basically just one of those movies that adds a number to a title hoping fans of the original will pick it up. There's really no point in watching this film unless you're a fan of Jolie and want to see her in her first starring role. The actress was just 18 when she made this and apparently she's fairly embarrassed by the picture today. I would say her performance is certainly weak and there's no question that you'd every have watched this in 1993 and thought you were seeing a future Oscar-winner. Thankfully she has a nude scene but this comes so far into the movie that most would have probably already turned the thing off. Palance actually is a blast here and just wait to you hear his narration at the start of the picture. That crispy old voice is just priceless and I think the film would have been a lot more entertaining had they just cut everything from the film except his narration. He does finally appear on screen but it's not for long. The special effects are slightly better than you'd typically see in a picture like this including the sequence over the opening credits. However, the story itself just drags way too much and there wasn't a single second where I was actually interested in what was going on. The boredom level is quite high from start to finish as the 99-minute running time really drags.

I was channel surfing on Cox Cable and decided to try 'Cyborg 2' (1993) on "Showtime," on the strength of Jack Palance. What to my wondering eyes do I see but Angelina Jolie! With those lips, it's got to be her.The cable blurb (very brief as you may know) mentioned only Palance and Elias Koteas. Clearly, the movie - not too bad, Jolie made it fun - would have gotten tons more viewers if A.J. had at least been mentioned in the cable blurb.Jack Palance was a great addition to the movie, but he could have been more effective if he'd been on screen (instead of the Glass Shadow) earlier. One thing about him, he always gave every movie he played in, every part he played, his very best.I enjoyed the film...pretty campy!