''Cyborg 3: The Recycler'' is a 1994 American

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film and is sequel to ''

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'' (1993) starring

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and Khrystyne Haje. Released on

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in 1995, the film is directed by Michael Schroeder. It is the third installment in the ''Cyborg'' film series.

Plot

The film is set in a desolate post-apocalyptic world where a once–thriving age of man and cyborgs has come to an end. Cyborgs are now hunted for their parts. Cash (Haje), a female cyborg learns from Doc Edford (

Margaret Avery Margaret Avery is an American actress. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including '' Cool Breeze'' (1972), '' Which Way Is Up?'' (1977), ''Scott Joplin'' (1977) which earned her an NAACP Image Award no ...

) that she is somehow pregnant. She searches for the fabled city of ''Cytown'' to find Evans (

Zach Galligan Zachary Wolfe Galligan (born February 14, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Billy Peltzer in the comedy-horror films ''Gremlins'' (1984) and '' Gremlins 2: The New Batch'' (1990). Early life and education Galligan was ...

), a creator of cyborgs, to find out more about her condition. She is followed by Anton Lewellyn (

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) and his assistant Jocko (

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). Lewellyn is able to sustain himself by hunting cyborgs for their parts. Though he has long wanted to find Cytown (the last haven for cyborgs), he becomes obsessed in getting Cash and her child.

Cast

as Lord Talon * Khrystyne Haje as Casella "Cash" Reese Cyborg *

as Evans *

as Anton Lewellyn *

as Jocko Cyborg *

Michael Bailey Smith Michael Bailey Smith is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series ''Charmed'', where he played Belthazor, a Grimlock leader and Shax. Early life Smith was born in Alpena, Michigan, to an Air Force ...

as Donovan Cyborg *

William Katt William Theodore Katt (born February 16, 1951) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Ralph Hinkley/Hanley on the ABC television series '' The Greatest American Hero'' (1981–1983). Katt first became k ...

as Decaf Cyborg *

Rebecca Ferratti Rebecca Ferratti is an American model and actress. She has worked in over 25 films. She has been a dancer in many music videos and has posed in many magazines, including ''Playboy''. She was Playmate of the Month in the June 1986 issue. Early ...

as Elexia Cyborg *

as Dr. Edford *

Raye Hollitt Raye Hollitt (born April 17, 1964) is an American actress and bodybuilder, also known by her stage name Zap, one of the original cast members of '' American Gladiators''. Biography Hollitt graduated from Lake-Lehman High School in 1982, then wo ...

as Finola Cyborg *

Kato Kaelin Brian Gerard "Kato" Kaelin (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor and radio and television personality. A friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, Kaelin is best known for serving as a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder trial in 1995, receiving con ...

as Beggar *

Evan Lurie Evan Lurie (born 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American composer and musician. Playing piano and occasionally organ, Evan was a founding member of the band the Lounge Lizards, along with his saxophonist brother John Lurie. ...

as El-Sid Cyborg * Bill Quinn as Hale Cyborg * David McSwain as Ahab Cyborg

References

External links

* * 1995 films 1995 independent films 1995 science fiction action films American independent films American science fiction action films American sequel films Direct-to-video sequel films 1990s English-language films American post-apocalyptic films Films about cyborgs Cyborg (film series) Films directed by Michael Schroeder 1990s American films 1995 science fiction films English-language science fiction action films English-language independent films {{1990s-US-film-stub