This film starts on the island of Crete, where a group of Lebanese terrorists led by a man named "Hassim" (Arnon Zadok) and his girlfriend "Samira" (Sandahl Bergman) kill several innocent people before kidnapping two American children and taking them to an unknown location just outside Beirut. Once informed of the terrorist demands, a senior CIA advisor named "Harry Carlson" (Paul Kent) suggests sending a former operative named "Eric Matthews" (Robert Ginty) to rescue the children and eliminate those responsible. It's during this time that we learn that Eric is nursing a personal grudge against Hassim. After the mission is completed and the children are rescued, Eric is somewhat disappointed because Hassim managed to escape. Not only that, but Samira is also seriously wounded during the firefight and cannot tell Eric where Hassim might have gone. What Eric doesn't know, however, is that the CIA has other plans for Samira, which include turning her into a cyborg killing machine and sending her out to kill Hassim and as many other terrorists as she finds. Unfortunately, during this process, she somehow overrides her programming and sets out to kill everyone in the CIA as well--including Eric and his entire family. I won't reveal more, but just say that this movie came out during a time when cybernetic films were quite popular, with "Terminator" and "Robocop" probably being the most well-known. Sadly, this film isn't nearly as good as either of them, mainly due to poor character development and cheap action scenes. Frankly, although Sandahl Bergman performed adequately, I can't say the same about Robert Ginty--or anyone else, for that matter. In short, this was a dull, low-budget, paint-by-numbers production, and I have rated it accordingly.
