Cyborg Cop story

movie: Cyborg Cop (1993) · 1993-08-06

An ex-DEA officer travels to an unnamed Caribbean island to locate his brother, who, unbeknownst to him, has been transformed into a killer cyborg . It is the first installment in the Cyborg Cop film series.

13 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 9 minor

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cyborg choice The main novelty of the story concerns the megalomaniacal Professor Joachim Kessel's creation of a K3 prototype cyborg assassin.
brother and brother major The story follows Jack as he goes to an unnamed Caribbean island in search of his younger brother Philip.
mad scientist stereotype major Professor Joachim Kessel was a brilliant but troubled scientist who had developed a technique to turn any soldier into a virtually indestructible cyborg. Kessel's assistant Dr. Stechman wore a lab coat and spoke with a distinct German accent.
romantic love major After something of a rocky start, Jack and Cathy really hit it off and the two fell passionately in love.
adoption of a child minor Little Frankie was counting on Philip adopting him, but then Philip went and got himself turned into a killer cyborg.
attitude of superiority minor Professor Joachim Kessel boasted of being "the greatest scientist on Earth" and was generally rather full of himself.
coping with post-traumatic stress minor Jack woke up in a cold sweat from a nightmare about his time in a combat setting.
facing a hostage situation minor The DEA agents, and brothers, Jack and Philip freed a young female hostage by the simple expedient of riddling her panicked captor with bullets.
illegal drug trade minor Professor Kessel dealt large quantities of heroin in order to fund his pioneering work in the area of creating killer cyborgs.
journalism minor The stereotypical journalist Cathy went to an unnamed Caribbean island to do a story on voodoo, but ended up getting mixed up in a situation involving heroin smuggling and killer cyborgs.