Cyborg: When Jean-Claude Van Damme and Albert Pyun rode the Cannon Express
April 7th, 1989. Hot off the monster success of
Masters of the Universe, which went off as initially budgeted and without hitches, a sequel was released… or so what could have happened in theory.
As it was, the Dolph Lundgren-headlined
Masters of the Universe was deemed something of a cheap (but still costly) box office disappointment. It struck the same year as Cannon misfired with another blockbuster,
Superman IV: The Quest For Nuclear Man’s Perm. A budget reputedly sliced right back (as with many Cannon tales, there have always been conflicting stories of those wild, slightly cowboyish days) left a decidedly cheap looking final product, that still cost a hefty amount by Cannon standards. Two big outlays, which were supposed to be even bigger, had both tanked. Subsequent sequels to