from critics despite the box office success. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a 22% positive score based on 18 reviews and an average rating of 3.5/10. On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 24 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". The film debuted at number four at the American box office and went on to gross $10,166,459. Legacy Sequels Cyborg 2, starring Elias Koteas and Angelina Jolie, was released in 1993. Cyborg 3: The Recycler, a direct-to-video release, followed in 1995. Both films bear little to no relation to the first film and were heavily panned by critics, even more than the original. Alternate cut In 2011, director Albert Pyun's Curnan Pictures got hold of the missing tapes of the original cut of Cyborg through Pyun's original choice for score artist, Tony Riparetti. This director's cut of the film features Pyun's editing and previously unreleased scenes. It is commercially available through the director himself. Pyun's director's cut was released in 2014 in Germany with the film's original title "Slinger". In popular culture American rapper Method Man sampled most of Fender's opening words as the opening lyrics in the song "Judgement Day" from his 1998 album Tical 2000: Judgement Day. The lyrics are slightly modified. The intro is also in the opening of the song "World Damnation" by the death metal band Mortician. The intro of Fender talking about death and starvation is thought as the official opening of metal band Chimairas' song "Resurrection". It is often played at live shows as an intro. The same intro is also played the beginning of a song by Australian, Christian, gore-grindcore band Vomitorial Corpulence. References External links 1989 films 1989 martial arts films 1980s American films 1980s English-language films 1980s science fiction action films American films about revenge American post-apocalyptic films American science fiction action films Cyberpunk films Cyborg (film series) Cyborg films Films directed by Albert Pyun Films produced by Menahem Golan Films produced by Yoram Globus Films set in Atlanta Films set in Charleston, South Carolina Films shot in New York (state) Films shot in North Carolina Golan-Globus films Martial arts science fiction films