American Cyborg: Steel Warrior story

movie: American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993) · 1993-03-14

In a near-future where people are sterile, an android assassin tries to kill a woman who was able to give life to a fetus, but a mercenary cyborg vows to protect her.

14 total · 6 major · 8 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
AI risk to civilization major The story is set in a near-future where people are sterile and subjugated by artificial intelligences they'd created, and the said artificial intelligences were working to prevent the last known fertile woman on Earth from bringing her fetus to term. Despite being called “cyborgs”, some of the antagonists appeared to be entirely synthetic.
android major The story follow Mary and Austin as they are stalked by the Terminator-like android assassin Killer Cyborg Assassin.
cyborg major Austin Cyborg was true to his name.
human vs. sentient machine major Mary was being stalked by a remorseless android assassin.
mass infertility major Mary was the only woman who was able to conceive, and the story follows her efforts to get her fetus (the last hope for humanity) to the safety of the so-called "Europe artificial womb".
romantic love major Mary and Austin Cyborg fell passionately in love.
artificial womb minor Mary carrying her fetus in a transparent cannister of some sort, and the film end with the dramatic transfer of the fetus into the better "European artificial womb".
cannibalism minor Mary and Austin crossed paths with a band of radioactive cannibals.
food pill minor Mary was taking the RZB pill for sustenance.
gender bending minor Austin Cyborg assaulted a man in drag.