Summaries

A cyborg is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his hands. He fails and hides in a diner in a desert run by a woman who likes him. The people who sent him are after him and so is the local arm wrestling champ.

Sinister industrialist Francis Turner, played by John Saxon, creates a cyborg known as Paco Queruak (Daniel Greene) who has been programmed to terminate the leader of an ecological faction that stands in the way of the dystopian country in which the story is set. After failing in his mission to eliminate the ecologist, Paco flees to Arizona where he must face his opponents; and ultimately choose between his humanity and robotic natures.—Zach R.

In the near future, the cripple and blind politician Rev. Arthur Mosely is confronting the corporations that are destroying the environment and is the hope of mankind in the elections. Out of the blue, he is attacked by a strong man, Paco Queruak, but he does not die. The FBI and the police hunt down the stranger that flees in a fancy car and travels to the Arizona. He stumbles upon the motel owned by Linda that offers him a job, and soon the troublemaker Raul Morales becomes his enemy. When Linda falls in love with Queruak, he discloses to her that he is a cyborg, with 70% of implanted parts and 30% human. Meanwhile, the evil businessman Francis Turner that has created the cyborg hires killers to murder Queruak.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • world trade center manhattan new york city
  • tragic event
  • arm wrestling
  • arm wrestling contest
  • chinatown manhattan new york city
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
Release date Mar 25, 1986
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Italy
Language English Spanish Italian
Filming locations Lee's Ferry Lodge at Vermilion Cliffs - Highway 89A, Marble Canyon, Arizona, USA
Production companies Medusa Distribuzione National Cinematografica Dania Film

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 34m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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