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Cyborg (1989)

★ 5.6 · 815 ratings on TMDB

He's the first hero of the 21st Century... and he's our only hope.

Cyborg poster★ 5.6

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

DirectorAlbert Pyun
CastAlex Daniels, Blaise Loong, Dayle Haddon, Deborah Richter, Haley Peterson, Jackson 'Rock' Pinckney
GenresAction, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
The emergence reading

Cyborg keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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