Cyborg 2087 (2005)

🎬 Basic Information

• Title: Cyborg 2087

• Director: Franklin Adreon

• Writer: Arthur C. Pierce

• Runtime: ~86 minutes

• Country / Language: United States / English

• Release Year: 1966

📖 Plot Summary

In a dystopian future year 2087, free thought is banned and citizens are controlled through mind manipulation. A group of rebels sends a cyborg named Garth A7 back to 1966 to prevent the creation of a dangerous technology—“radio telepathy”—invented by Professor Sigmund Marx. If developed, this device will lead to humanity’s enslavement in the future.

Upon arrival, Garth convinces Dr. Sharon Mason, Marx’s assistant, of the truth by using the device itself. He also seeks help from Dr. Zeller to remove a homing beacon implanted in him—a tracker used by two cyborg “Tracers” sent from the future to hunt him down.

Garth must race against time to confront the Tracers and persuade Marx to abandon his invention. Once the future dystopia is erased, Garth and those connected to him vanish from existence, leaving the restored timeline intact.

👤 Cast

• Michael Rennie as Garth A7 – the cyborg protagonist

• Karen Steele as Dr. Sharon Mason – the professor’s assistant

• Eduard Franz as Professor Sigmund Marx – the scientist whose work must be stopped

• Wendell Corey as the local sheriff

• Warren Stevens as Dr. Zeller – the surgeon who removes Garth’s tracker

• Supporting cast includes Harry Carey Jr., John Beck, and the Tracers

🧠 Themes & Influences

• Time-travel paradoxes: Explores the consequences of altering the past.

• Technology and control: A warning about how innovation can be turned into a tool for oppression.

• Considered an early conceptual predecessor to The Terminator, though made with far more limited resources.

🎥 Style & Production

• Produced by United Pictures Corporation, intended mainly for television but also given a theatrical release.

• Low-budget production, around $100,000, with simple special effects and restrained action scenes.

• Despite the limitations, the film features experienced actors whose performances give the story some weight.

🧾 Critical Reception

• At the time: Received mixed to negative reviews for slow pacing and lack of visual excitement.

• In retrospect: Appreciated for its core idea and as a curiosity in sci-fi history, but still seen as clunky and dated.

• Often mentioned as an intriguing but underdeveloped take on themes later explored in bigger productions.

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