''American Cyborg: Steel Warrior'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by

Boaz Davidson Boaz Davidson (, ; born 8 November 1943) is an Israeli film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied film in London at London Film School. Biography Davidson was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to ...

and released by Global Pictures. John Ryan plays the android assassin in the future to kill Mary, a woman who was able to give life to a fetus played by Nicole Hansen. Joe Lara plays Austin, a mercenary who is actually a

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, before ''Hellbound'' and ''Chain of Command''.

Premise

After

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, people are sterile and ruled by the

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s they created in this violent world. The only woman who was able to give life to a

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has to take it through the dangerous city of

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to the port where a ship is on its way to

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. She is followed by an

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assassin through all the dangers, and only one man tries to help her survive and protect her from the killing machine.

Cast

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as Austin (cyborg) * Nicole Hansen as Mary * John Saint Ryan as Android Assassin (John Ryan) *

Yosef Shiloach Yosef Shiloach (; 9 July 1941 – 3 January 2011) was an Israeli actor. Biography Yosef Shiloach was born in Kurdistan to a Kurdish Jewish family. He immigrated to Israel at the age of nine.Uri Gavriel Uri Gavriel () is an Israeli theater, film and television actor. Winner of the Ophir Award and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005 as Best Actor in film ''What a Wonderful Place''. In 2018, he appeared as Philip the Apostle in Helen ...

as Leech Leader *Hellen Lesnick as Carp *Andrea Litt as Arlene *Jack Widerker as Dr. Ben Buckley *Kevin Patterson as Runner Underground Lab Worker *P.C. Frieberg as Starving Old Man *Nicole Berger as Hooker *Allen Nashman as Underground Lab Scientist *Jack Adalist as Main Thug *David Milton Johnes as Paramedic on Rescue Boat *Eric Storch as Main Scavenger

Release

''American Cyborg: Steel Warrior'' was released with the same name in the Philippines by Eastern Films on July 9, 1993. In the United States, the film was released on January 7, 1994.

Year-end lists

*Top 10 worst (not ranked) – Dan Webster, ''

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References

External links

* * *https://web.archive.org/web/20131022151843/http://www.planetfury.com/content/american-cyborg-steel-warrior *http://www.comeuppancereviews.com/2010/08/american-cyborg-steel-warrior-1993.html 1994 films 1990s American films 1990s English-language films 1994 science fiction action films American dystopian films American exploitation films American science fiction action films Films about androids American post-apocalyptic films Films directed by Boaz Davidson Films set in Charleston, South Carolina Films with screenplays by Boaz Davidson Golan-Globus films 1994 science fiction films English-language science fiction action films Films about artificial intelligence {{1990s-US-film-stub