68. Cyborg Cop (Robocop Lite)

68. Cyborg Cop (Robocop Lite)

Author: Nicholas Abouhamad May 17, 2020 Duration: 1:51:42
Released in 1993, Cyborg Cop follows Jack Ryan on a mission to find out what happened to his DEA agent brother on a mission in the Caribbean. Along the way, he fights cyborgs and cops, which only sorta explains why this movie is called Cyborg Cop. We can only assume that the other reason is that the name Robocop was already taken and that this movie wanted to ride on the coat-tails of the third installment in that series.

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