Albert Pyun
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Albert Pyun is an American film director
best known for having made many low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video
action films. He frequently blends kickboxing
and hybrid martial arts
with science fiction
and dystopic or post-apocalyptic themes, which often include cyborgs. Some of Pyun's better known films include The Sword and the Sorcerer
, Cyborg
, and Nemesis
.
camera when he was ten years old in Honolulu, Hawaii
. His first efforts revolved around "spy movies" escalating to 16mm action and surf films. With his fellow Kailua High School student, producer Tom Karnowski, the pair would end up making dozens of shorts together. While still in high school Pyun begin working as a free intern at production companies around Honolulu like Sensorium (Denny Kull) and Tip Davis Films based in Manoa, Hawaii. After graduating, Pyun was invited to intern in Japan by the Japanese actor, Toshiro Mifune, who had seen one of Pyun's short films at a film festival. Pyun worked in Japan as an assistant camera person under cinematographer and manga artist Takao Saito (Ran, Kagemusha, Sanjuro), and then returned in 1973 to work at the largest commercial production house in Hawaii, Hawaii Production Center, as an assistant editor. While at HPC (the production arm of KGMB TV, the CBS affiliate in Honolulu at the time), Pyun also became the company's negative cutter, editor, sound editor and worked on shoots as a grip, electrician and boom operator
. He learned editing under the tuleage of Thomas Moore, an award winning commercial film editor.
, with whom Pyun would work steadily into the 1990s, and as the first film editing for Oscar winners David Brenner
and Joe Hutchings (Born on the Fourth of July
).
Pyun's first film, The Sword and the Sorcerer, remains his highest-grossing , eventually earning $36,714,025 in the United States. Its widest opening on April 30, 1982 resulted in a gross of $4,100,886 which ranked the film #2 that week in America. Richard Lynch received the Best Supporting Actor Saturn award for his performance as Cromwell, an evil conqueror who brings back to life the evil sorcerer Xusia.
Pyun's second film, Radioactive Dreams, was awarded the top festival prize of the Golden Raven at the 5th Brussels International Festival Of Fantastic Film in 1987 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Pyun's career took a slightly more mainstream turn with the thriller Dangerously Close
, and the romantic adventure film, Down Twisted
, starring Carey Lowell
, Charles Rocket
, and Courteney Cox
.
In the late 1980s, Pyun made Alien From L.A.
, featuring supermodel Kathy Ireland
's acting debut; the film was later mocked on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000
., Also during that time came Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
. Cyborg opened as the #4 highest grossing film in America on April 7, 1989. It eventually grossed $10,166,459 in the US.
In 1989, Pyun made Deceit
, and began Captain America, based on the Marvel Comics
superhero. Production was hampered when its financing fell through.
Pyun has been working with MGM on a possible release of his director's cut version of "Cyborg" for release on Blu-ray. His version of the film is imagined as a rock opera with the original rock opera score written by the film's original composers Tony Riparetti and James Saad. Pyun, with MGM, is releasing a special DVD audio commentary which also contains the original Riparetti / Saad score on May 6.. 22 years after making Cyborg, Pyun released his director's cut of Cyborg in 2011.
Pyun directed a film adapting Marvel Comics' Captain America
in 1989 which was released in 1992. A director's cut was released in May 2011, when it played a film festival, and had at least one commercial theatrical booking.
, Thomas Jane
, which opened in theaters on January 29, 1993 .; Brainsmasher... A Love Story
(1993) with Teri Hatcher
and Andrew Dice Clay
; and Mean Guns
(1997) with Christopher Lambert
and Ice-T
. Nemesis is the 37th highest grossing Cyborg - Robot -Android movie since 1980 grossing $2,001,124 in its theatrical run in 1993.
On June 14, 1991, Kickboxer 2, written by David Goyer (Ghost Rider, Blade, The Dark Knight) and directed by Pyun opened in theaters and received mixed reviews.
During the 90's Pyun entered into this most prolific period of filmmaking in his career, beginning in 1991. Films included Knights with Kris Kristofferson and Lance Henriksen, Ravenhawk with Rachel McLish and William Atherton, Hong Kong '97 with Robert Patrick and Ming Na-Wen, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush with Christopher Lambert and Natasha Henstridge, Post Mortem with Charlie Sheen, Crazy Six with Rob Lowe, Mario Van Peebles and Burt Reynolds, Omega Doom with Rutger Hauer and Shannon Whirry, Arcade with Megan Ward, Seth Green, Peter Billingsly and John Delancie and cult classic Mean Guns with Christopher Lambert and Ice-T. Pyun also made his only episodic TV work to date for the NBC / Columbia Tri-Star prime time show "The Fifth Corner" with Alex McArthur, Kim Delaney and James Coburn.
, Tom Sizemore
, Dennis Hopper
, Jaime Pressly, rapper Nas and Ice-T plus Chilli of the R&B group TLC. The film was made for Artisan Entertainment. It was awarded the Video Software Dealers Association's 2002 Best Renting Direct-To-Video Title By An Independent Studio.
Pyun is also in post production on an upgrade of his original Nemesis (1992) and was inducted into B Movie Celebration's B Movie Hall of Fame in 2011
In 2004 Pyun went to the US territory of Guam
and, along with film producer John Laing, convinced the Guam government to put up a $800,000 loan guarantee to finance their film Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon
. In his effort to convince Guam officials to approve the loan guarantee, Pyun told them that he and his producer (Laing) had a "sterling financial record" and that neither he nor John Laing had ever defaulted on a loan. In 2006 producer John Laing defaulted on the film's loan, and Guam lost its guarantee. Laing blamed Pyun for the failure of the film.
His 2005 film Infection was praised by one reviewer for its camera work consisting of one uninterrupted shot from a surveillance camera mounted inside a police car
. The title of the film was changed by Lions Gate Entertainment
to Invasion so as not to be confused with an earlier Lions Gate release.
Pyun received the Golden Unicorn Award in 2005 at the Estepona Film Festival for lifetime achievement.
On December 18, 2007 Invasion AKA Infection was released in the United States on DVD by Lions Gate Films which also released his 2008 film "Left for Dead."
In September 2008, Pyun began production on his long delayed Tales of an Ancient Empire. Shooting began on October 12, 2008, with Christopher Lambert and Kevin Sorbo. The film premiered at Louisville
, Kentucky
's Fright Night Film Fest.
Another Pyun film, Bulletface, had a release date of January 26, 2010, and stars Victoria Maurette
, Steven Bauer
, Scott Paulin
, Morgan Weisser
, Assaf Cohen, Jenny Dare Paulin and Eddie Velez
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
best known for having made many low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
action films. He frequently blends kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
and hybrid martial arts
Hybrid martial arts
Hybrid martial arts refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts...
with science fiction
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
and dystopic or post-apocalyptic themes, which often include cyborgs. Some of Pyun's better known films include The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 fantasy film, starring Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, and Richard Moll, directed by Albert Pyun. A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful...
, Cyborg
Cyborg (film)
Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future.-Plot:A...
, and Nemesis
Nemesis (film)
Nemesis is a 1992 science fiction film by director Albert Pyun, who also directed the film Cyborg, and stars Olivier Gruner. It is the first installment in the Nemesis film series.-Plot:...
.
1970s
Pyun began making movies using his father's 8mm8 mm film
8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. It exists in two main versions: the original standard 8mm film, also known as regular 8 mm or Double 8 mm, and Super 8...
camera when he was ten years old in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. His first efforts revolved around "spy movies" escalating to 16mm action and surf films. With his fellow Kailua High School student, producer Tom Karnowski, the pair would end up making dozens of shorts together. While still in high school Pyun begin working as a free intern at production companies around Honolulu like Sensorium (Denny Kull) and Tip Davis Films based in Manoa, Hawaii. After graduating, Pyun was invited to intern in Japan by the Japanese actor, Toshiro Mifune, who had seen one of Pyun's short films at a film festival. Pyun worked in Japan as an assistant camera person under cinematographer and manga artist Takao Saito (Ran, Kagemusha, Sanjuro), and then returned in 1973 to work at the largest commercial production house in Hawaii, Hawaii Production Center, as an assistant editor. While at HPC (the production arm of KGMB TV, the CBS affiliate in Honolulu at the time), Pyun also became the company's negative cutter, editor, sound editor and worked on shoots as a grip, electrician and boom operator
Boom operator (media)
A Boom operator is an assistant of the production sound mixer. The principal responsibility of the boom operator is microphone placement, sometimes using a "fishpole" with a microphone attached to the end and sometimes, when the situation permits, using a "boom" which is a more intricate and...
. He learned editing under the tuleage of Thomas Moore, an award winning commercial film editor.
1980s
His career has had a number of different phases. His early work in the early-to-mid-1980s was marked by fantasy films such as The Sword and the Sorcerer, Radioactive Dreams and Vicious Lips. Radioactive Dreams marked a collaboration with John Stockwell (Blue Crush, Into the Blue, Turistas) who would go on to write and act in Dangerously Close (1986) for Pyun. Radioactive Dreams is his second collaboration with Oscar-winning Special Make Up Effects guru Greg CannomGreg Cannom
Greg Cannom is a Hollywood special makeup effects artist. Cannom has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and has won three times. He has also been nominated for seven Saturn Awards and received one.-Partial filmography:...
, with whom Pyun would work steadily into the 1990s, and as the first film editing for Oscar winners David Brenner
David Brenner
David Brenner is an American standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker.-Career:Born and raised in poor areas of Philadelphia, Brenner found comedy a major source of relief from the daily trials and tribulations he faced in his youth. His neighborhood has been one of the top-ranked crime...
and Joe Hutchings (Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July (film)
Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise plays Kovic, in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic, and also...
).
Pyun's first film, The Sword and the Sorcerer, remains his highest-grossing , eventually earning $36,714,025 in the United States. Its widest opening on April 30, 1982 resulted in a gross of $4,100,886 which ranked the film #2 that week in America. Richard Lynch received the Best Supporting Actor Saturn award for his performance as Cromwell, an evil conqueror who brings back to life the evil sorcerer Xusia.
Pyun's second film, Radioactive Dreams, was awarded the top festival prize of the Golden Raven at the 5th Brussels International Festival Of Fantastic Film in 1987 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Pyun's career took a slightly more mainstream turn with the thriller Dangerously Close
Dangerously Close
-Plot:At an elite school, a group of student who call themselves "The Sentinels" begin terrorizing their socially undesirable classmates. Soon, one of their targets ends up brutally murdered....
, and the romantic adventure film, Down Twisted
Down Twisted
Down Twisted is a 1987 thriller film, directed by Albert Pyun, Starring Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Courteney Cox, and Nicholas Guest.-Plot summary:A naive, good-hearted Los Angeles waitress does not think twice about helping her troubled roommate...
, starring Carey Lowell
Carey Lowell
Carey Lowell is an American actress and former model.-Early life:Lowell was born in Huntington, New York and spent much of her childhood traveling with her father, James Lowell, who was a geologist. Immediately after graduating from Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, CO., she was signed by the...
, Charles Rocket
Charles Rocket
Charles Rocket was an American film and television actor, notable for his tenure as a cast member on Saturday Night Live as well as for his appearances as the villain Nicholas Andre in the film Dumb and Dumber; as Dave Dennison, the father in Disney's Hocus Pocus.-Early life and career:Rocket was...
, and Courteney Cox
Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination....
.
In the late 1980s, Pyun made Alien From L.A.
Alien from L.A.
Alien From L.A. is a 1988 science fiction film that stars Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.-Plot:...
, featuring supermodel Kathy Ireland
Kathy Ireland
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Ireland is an American former model, actress, and entrepreneur. She is the CEO and designer of her eponymous brand product marketing company, Kathy Ireland Worldwide.-Life and career:...
's acting debut; the film was later mocked on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....
., Also during that time came Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
. Cyborg opened as the #4 highest grossing film in America on April 7, 1989. It eventually grossed $10,166,459 in the US.
In 1989, Pyun made Deceit
Deceit (1989 film)
Deceit is a 1989 minimalist science fiction film. The entire film was shot in three days. The plot follows aliens who decide to postpone their plans to destroy Earth until they are able to have sexual relations with some of the women on the planet....
, and began Captain America, based on the Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
superhero. Production was hampered when its financing fell through.
Pyun has been working with MGM on a possible release of his director's cut version of "Cyborg" for release on Blu-ray. His version of the film is imagined as a rock opera with the original rock opera score written by the film's original composers Tony Riparetti and James Saad. Pyun, with MGM, is releasing a special DVD audio commentary which also contains the original Riparetti / Saad score on May 6.. 22 years after making Cyborg, Pyun released his director's cut of Cyborg in 2011.
Pyun directed a film adapting Marvel Comics' Captain America
Captain America
Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...
in 1989 which was released in 1992. A director's cut was released in May 2011, when it played a film festival, and had at least one commercial theatrical booking.
1990s
In the early 1990s Pyun made Nemesis, starring Olivier GrunerOlivier Gruner
Olivier Gruner is a former Commando Marine and World Kickboxing Champion. He became an actor specializing in the field of physical fitness.- Early life :...
, Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane
Thomas Jane is an American actor known for his roles in the 1999 film Deep Blue Sea, the 2001 TV film 61*, the 2004 film The Punisher and the 2007 Stephen King adaptation The Mist...
, which opened in theaters on January 29, 1993 .; Brainsmasher... A Love Story
Brainsmasher... A Love Story
Brainsmasher... A Love Story is a 1993 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Albert Pyun. It stars Andrew Dice Clay as Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy and Teri Hatcher as Samantha Crain...
(1993) with Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher
Teri Lynn Hatcher is an American actress, writer, and presenter. She is known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on the ABC comedy-drama series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
and Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay is an American comedian and actor who played the lead role in the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.Clay has been in several movies and has released a number of stand-up albums...
; and Mean Guns
Mean Guns
Mean Guns is a 1997 action film starring Ice T, Christopher Lambert, Michael Halsey, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and Hunter Doughty; directed by Albert Pyun.-Plot summary:...
(1997) with Christopher Lambert
Christopher Lambert
Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert is an American-born French actor who has appeared in French, European and American productions. He is best known for his role as Connor MacLeod, or simply "The Highlander", from the movie and subsequent movie franchise series of the same name...
and Ice-T
ICE-T
* Ice-T, an American rapper and actor* ICE T , a tilting model of the German InterCityExpress series of high-speed trains...
. Nemesis is the 37th highest grossing Cyborg - Robot -Android movie since 1980 grossing $2,001,124 in its theatrical run in 1993.
On June 14, 1991, Kickboxer 2, written by David Goyer (Ghost Rider, Blade, The Dark Knight) and directed by Pyun opened in theaters and received mixed reviews.
During the 90's Pyun entered into this most prolific period of filmmaking in his career, beginning in 1991. Films included Knights with Kris Kristofferson and Lance Henriksen, Ravenhawk with Rachel McLish and William Atherton, Hong Kong '97 with Robert Patrick and Ming Na-Wen, Adrenalin: Fear the Rush with Christopher Lambert and Natasha Henstridge, Post Mortem with Charlie Sheen, Crazy Six with Rob Lowe, Mario Van Peebles and Burt Reynolds, Omega Doom with Rutger Hauer and Shannon Whirry, Arcade with Megan Ward, Seth Green, Peter Billingsly and John Delancie and cult classic Mean Guns with Christopher Lambert and Ice-T. Pyun also made his only episodic TV work to date for the NBC / Columbia Tri-Star prime time show "The Fifth Corner" with Alex McArthur, Kim Delaney and James Coburn.
2000s
Pyun directed and produced Ticker in May 2000, which featured Steven SeagalSteven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
, Tom Sizemore
Tom Sizemore
Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore, Jr. is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his roles in films such as Saving Private Ryan, Strange Days, Pearl Harbor, Heat and Black Hawk Down....
, Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...
, Jaime Pressly, rapper Nas and Ice-T plus Chilli of the R&B group TLC. The film was made for Artisan Entertainment. It was awarded the Video Software Dealers Association's 2002 Best Renting Direct-To-Video Title By An Independent Studio.
Pyun is also in post production on an upgrade of his original Nemesis (1992) and was inducted into B Movie Celebration's B Movie Hall of Fame in 2011
In 2004 Pyun went to the US territory of Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
and, along with film producer John Laing, convinced the Guam government to put up a $800,000 loan guarantee to finance their film Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon
Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon
Max Havoc: Curse of The Dragon is an action film directed by Albert Pyun on the island of Guam in 2004. The movie was written by Irina Diether. A sequel titled Max Havoc: Ring of Fire was shot in Canada in 2006.- Plot :...
. In his effort to convince Guam officials to approve the loan guarantee, Pyun told them that he and his producer (Laing) had a "sterling financial record" and that neither he nor John Laing had ever defaulted on a loan. In 2006 producer John Laing defaulted on the film's loan, and Guam lost its guarantee. Laing blamed Pyun for the failure of the film.
His 2005 film Infection was praised by one reviewer for its camera work consisting of one uninterrupted shot from a surveillance camera mounted inside a police car
Police car
A police car is a ground vehicle used by police, to assist with their duties in patrolling and responding to incidents. Typical uses of a police car include transportation for officers to reach the scene of an incident quickly, to transport criminal suspects, or to patrol an area, while providing a...
. The title of the film was changed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
to Invasion so as not to be confused with an earlier Lions Gate release.
Pyun received the Golden Unicorn Award in 2005 at the Estepona Film Festival for lifetime achievement.
On December 18, 2007 Invasion AKA Infection was released in the United States on DVD by Lions Gate Films which also released his 2008 film "Left for Dead."
In September 2008, Pyun began production on his long delayed Tales of an Ancient Empire. Shooting began on October 12, 2008, with Christopher Lambert and Kevin Sorbo. The film premiered at Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
's Fright Night Film Fest.
Another Pyun film, Bulletface, had a release date of January 26, 2010, and stars Victoria Maurette
Victoria Maurette
Victoria Maurette is an Argentine actress, singer–songwriter, composer and model. She is probably the best known for her performance as Victoria "Vico Paz in the Cris Morena Group series Rebel's Way, and for her roles in Albert Pyun's films Left for Dead, Bulletface and Tales of an Ancient...
, Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer
Steven Bauer is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.-Early life:...
, Scott Paulin
Scott Paulin
Scott Paulin is an American actor and television director.-Career:His work includes appearances in well-known television series like House M.D., ER, Cold Case, 24 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...
, Morgan Weisser
Morgan Weisser
Morgan Weisser is an American actor and the son of German born actor Norbert Weisser.-Movie career:He is probably best known for his role as Lt...
, Assaf Cohen, Jenny Dare Paulin and Eddie Velez
Eddie Velez
Edwin "Eddie" Velez is a Hispanic-American actor who stars in films and on television.-Early life:Velez began acting while in the United States Air Force, when he was stationed in Sunnyvale, California at the Sunnyvale Air Force base.-Acting career:In 1981, he was honorably discharged from the...
.
Selected filmography
- The Sword and the SorcererThe Sword and the SorcererThe Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 fantasy film, starring Lee Horsley, Richard Lynch, and Richard Moll, directed by Albert Pyun. A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful...
(1982) - Radioactive DreamsRadioactive DreamsRadioactive Dreams is a 1985 post-apocalyptic science fiction-comedy film. The film was directed by Albert Pyun, and stars Michael Dudikoff, Don Murray, and Lisa Blount...
(1985) - Dangerously Close (1986)
- Vicious Lips (1987)
- Down TwistedDown TwistedDown Twisted is a 1987 thriller film, directed by Albert Pyun, Starring Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Courteney Cox, and Nicholas Guest.-Plot summary:A naive, good-hearted Los Angeles waitress does not think twice about helping her troubled roommate...
(1987) - Alien from L.A.Alien from L.A.Alien From L.A. is a 1988 science fiction film that stars Kathy Ireland as a young woman who visits the underground civilization of Atlantis. The film was featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.-Plot:...
(1988) - Journey to the Center of the EarthJourney to the Center of the Earth (1989 film)Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 1989 science fiction film. It was a nominal sequel to the movie Alien from L.A., both of which are loosely based on the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne....
(1989) - Deceit (1989)
- CyborgCyborg (film)Cyborg is a 1989 American martial-arts science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Gibson Rickenbacker, a mercenary who battles a group of murderous marauders led by Fender Tremolo along the East coast of the United States in a post-apocalyptic future.-Plot:A...
(1989) - Bloodmatch (1991)
- Captain America (1990)
- Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)
- Dollman (1991)
- NemesisNemesis (film)Nemesis is a 1992 science fiction film by director Albert Pyun, who also directed the film Cyborg, and stars Olivier Gruner. It is the first installment in the Nemesis film series.-Plot:...
(1992) - Arcade (1993)
- KnightsKnights (film)Knights is a 1993 science fiction movie starring kickboxing champion Kathy Long in her debut Hollywood movie.-Plot:A cyborg named Gabriel was created to destroy all the other cyborgs. He later runs into, and saves Nea by killing Simon who is one of the other cyborgs...
(1993) - Brainsmasher... A Love StoryBrainsmasher... A Love StoryBrainsmasher... A Love Story is a 1993 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Albert Pyun. It stars Andrew Dice Clay as Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy and Teri Hatcher as Samantha Crain...
(1993) - Spitfire (1994)
- Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
- Hong Kong 97Hong Kong 97 (film)Hong Kong 97 is a 1994 film by Albert Pyun starring Robert Patrick, Brion James and Tim Thomerson. The story revolves around the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China...
(1994) - Heatseeker (Film)Heatseeker (film)""Heatseeker"" is a scifi-martial arts film by Albert Pyun. It stars Keith Cooke as the lead actor and co-stars Norbert Weisser, Thom Mathews and Tim Thomerson. The setting is in an indeterminate time in the future but one in which cyborgs exist...
(1995) - Nemesis 2: NebulaNemesis 2: NebulaNemesis 2: Nebula, also known as Nemesis 2, is a 1995 science fiction film by director Albert Pyun, who also directed the film Cyborg. It is the sequel to Nemesis....
(1995) - Nemesis 3: Prey HarderNemesis 3: Prey HarderNemesis 3: Prey Harder, also known as Nemesis 3 and Nemesis 3: Timelapse, is a 1996 science fiction film by director Albert Pyun, who also directed the film Cyborg....
(1995) - Nemesis 4: Death AngelNemesis 4: Death AngelNemesis 4: Death Angel, also known as Nemesis 4 and Cry Of Angels: Nemesis 4, is a 1996 science fiction film by director Albert Pyun, who also directed the film Cyborg. It is the fourth and last installment in the Nemesis film series....
(1995) - Raven Hawk (1996)
- Adrenalin: Fear the RushAdrenalin: Fear the RushAdrenalin: Fear the Rush is a 1996 American science-fiction-action film directed by Albert Pyun, starring Christopher Lambert and Natasha Henstridge. It is set in an alternative future in 2007, where the Soviet Union has collapsed and Russia is in disarray...
(1996) - Blast (1997)
- Omega DoomOmega DoomOmega Doom is a 1996 film by Albert Pyun, starring Rutger Hauer who plays a robot who, during a nuclear winter, plays both sides of a robot civil war against each other in a small town...
(1997) - Mean GunsMean GunsMean Guns is a 1997 action film starring Ice T, Christopher Lambert, Michael Halsey, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and Hunter Doughty; directed by Albert Pyun.-Plot summary:...
(1997) - Crazy Six (1998)
- PostmortemPostmortem (1998 film)Postmortem is a 1998 film directed byAlbert Pyun and starring Charlie Sheen .-Plot:...
(1998) - The Wrecking CrewThe Wrecking Crew (1999 film)The Wrecking Crew is a 1999 film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and Ernie Hudson Jr..-Trivia:* The director, Albert Pyun shot this movie simultaneously with two other "urban"-features, Urban Menace and Corrupt, making sure his producers got the most out of their money.* Shot...
(1999) - Urban MenaceUrban MenaceUrban Menace is a 1999 direct-to-video horror film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe. While the rappers in the movie shot their parts in New York, the actors of the movie filmed in Central and Eastern Europe in abandoned buildings...
(1999) - Corrupt (1999)
- TickerTicker (2001 film)Ticker is a 2001 action film directed by Albert Pyun, starring Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal, Jaime Pressley, Nas and Ice-T.-Plot:...
(2001) - More Mercy (2003) (V)
- Final Examination (2003)
- Max Havoc: Curse of the DragonMax Havoc: Curse of the DragonMax Havoc: Curse of The Dragon is an action film directed by Albert Pyun on the island of Guam in 2004. The movie was written by Irina Diether. A sequel titled Max Havoc: Ring of Fire was shot in Canada in 2006.- Plot :...
(2004) - Invasion AKA Infection (2005)
- Left for Dead (2007)
- Left for Dead 2 (2010)
- BulletfaceBulletfaceBulletface is a 2010 action thriller starring Victoria Maurette and directed by Albert Pyun.-Cast:* Victoria Maurette as Dara Marren* Steven Bauer as Ned Walker* Morgan Weisser as Josh Wexler* Jenny Dare Paulin as Shannon Dall...
(2010) - "Road To Hell (2010)
- Tales of an Ancient EmpireTales of an Ancient EmpireTales of an Ancient Empire is a 2010 fantasy film, starring Kevin Sorbo, Whitney Able, Victoria Maurette, and Lee Horsley, directed by Albert Pyun...
(2010) - H. P. Lovecraft's Cool Air (2010)
- "Mean Guns 2 (2011)
- "Cyborg/Nemesis" (2011)
External links
- A Few Words With Albert Pyun on the Recent Cyborg Re-release
- Captain America : Director’s Cut going direct-to-Blu-ray!
- Uno Magazine article: Tropical Blunder - Behind Albert Pyun and John Laing's MAX HAVOC scheme
- http://io9.com/#!5779203/is-it-finally-time-for-the-director-of-the-original-captain-america-to-get-some-love