Known for Directing
Albert Pyun was 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. also well-known for directing the cult classics The Sword and the Sorcerer, Deceit, Cyborg and Nemesis.
Born
May 19, 1953
Died
November 26, 2022 (age 69)
Birthplace
Hawaii, USA
Filmography
85 films


Bunker of Blood Chapter 3: Death Heads: Brain Drain
2018 · 1h 16m
country: United States
The third chapter in the splat-tastic horror 'greatest hits' film series spotlighting some of Full Moon's strangest and sickest sequences framed by an all new narrative, This time, we follow the further adventures of a masochistic drifter trapped in the lair of "The Gore Collector," a sadistic curator of carnage who was has chosen the drifter to be the heir to take over his evil operation.


Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire
2017
country: United States
The Imperial Empire is attacked by an Alliance of rebels led by fanatical mystics. The ruler, Empress Nobu, the 8th generation of her family, wants to execute a bold plan to rescue a cyborg, Leah C6, trapped on the battle ravaged planet Endor. The Empress believes Leah C6 holds the secret to destroying the Alliance of Rebels before their insurgency can kill millions of citizens of the Empire. She recruits her heroic fleet commander, Lord General Luka Raan and asks him to gather a team from the Empire's elite soldiers, the Galactic Rangers. Raan assembles the team in the ruins of Endor which was attacked by depraved Rebels and outlaws led by, Kindo-Ker, a fanatical mystic in Dark Energy. The Galactic Rangers begin a desperate search to find and rescue Leah C6 before the Alliance Rebels can.


Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift
2016 · 1h 40m
country: Argentina
A U.S. Marine special ops team awakens from hypersleep in a long-abandoned underground laboratory complex with no memory of who they are or why they are there - and they are not alone. Something has infiltrated the complex.


The Interrogation of Cheryl Cooper
2014 · 1h 10m
country: United States
A young woman wakes up in a room she assumes is a police interrogation room. A detective tells her she is the only survivor of a mass killing that evening. As the Detective has the woman recount the night and the killings, other memories are dredged up making her interrogation a true nightmare.


Slinger
2011 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Set in a post-apocalyptic future where starvation and disease are plaguing the few remaining inhabitants of Earth. Scientists are close to discovering a cure for the plague that is sweeping the country. Gibson Rickenbacker is a strong fighter who leads a group to Atlanta to gain information needed for the cure, along the way attempting to avoid the villains.


Tales of an Ancient Empire
2010 · 1h 26m
country: Argentina
A princess is on a quest to unite the five greatest warriors to save her kingdom from a demon sorceress.


Bulletface
2010 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Horror and Revenge drive this thriller set in the sex and human trafficking underbelly of a nightmarish city where spinal fluid has become the drug of choice...with frightening consequences.


Road to Hell
2008 · 1h 30m
country: United States
An unofficial sequel to Streets of Fire, this movie follows an older, grizzled and despondent Cody as he clashes with killers while trying to reconnect with his first love who may hold his redemption.


Left for Dead
2007 · 1h 24m
country: Argentina
Set in Mexico, Left For Dead is a bloody and sick dream ... A spaghetti western in terror. A desperate criminal will be caught in the ghost town of Amnesty alongside a vengeful demon ...


Cool Air
2006 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Charlie Baxter, a struggling screenwriter, is searching for accommodation in a rundown mansion somewhere in the isolated mountains above Malibu. An expressionless and creatively bankrupt young man who rewrites exploitation sci-fi / horror scripts for a living, he takes a room in the mansion and learns of the mysterious doctor residing in the room above his own who dabbles in strange experiments. As he learns more about the circumstances of the doctor and the history of his landlady, her autistic daughter and the strange lodger across the hall, Baxter is inspired to write his long blocked "great American Screenplay". Working furiously, Baxter suffers a heart attack, and staggers up to see the doctor for treatment. He passes out immediately, but awakens a cured man. But at a terrible price.


Invasion
2005 · 1h 21m
country: United States
A meteor carrying an unknown infection, lands outside a Small Californian community, bringing terror and death. Just after midnight, a local rancher named Larry Jenkins discovers the meteor and calls the police. Inspector Bardo is sent to the scene to investigate. The small Lawton police department is short-handed, as it is the night of the high school prom. Arriving at a desolate forest road miles out of town, Bardo discovers that Jenkins has been infected by the alien organism. The officer is savagely attacked and infected. Both men head towards Lawton, terrorizing and contaminating everyone they encounter. Meanwhile, Cheryl and Timmy have left the prom and are parked atop Lover's Lane. Bardo comes upon the lovebirds and attacks them, infecting Timmy. Now Cheryl must run for her life through the pitch-black forest, escaping her pursuers and trying to reach the authorities before the infection spreads to L.A.


Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A former kickboxer returns to his fighting ways when he encounters a gang in Guam.


Bad Bizness
2003 · 1h 31m
country: United States
After three women get killed, a policewoman gets involved in the underworld of drugs and pornographic movies, when she starts investigating the case.


Ticker
2001 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will detonate bombs throughout the city if she is not released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosive expert Frank Glass...


The Wrecking Crew
2000 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown
A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.


Corrupt
1999 · 1h 6m
country: United States
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ride of action!


Urban Menace
1999 · 1h 12m
country: United States
An insane preacher seeks retribution from the local crime syndicate for the violent death of his family and the burning of his church in a horrendous ghetto crime spree.


Postmortem
1998 · 1h 45m
country: United States
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.


Mean Guns
1997 · 1h 50m
country: United States
One hundred mid- and low-level gangsters who are on their boss' bad side are locked inside a newly-built high-security prison, and given plenty of guns, ammo, and baseball bats, then told that the last survivor will get a suitcase with 10 million dollars.


Crazy Six
1997 · 1h 34m
country: United States
In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.


Blast
1997 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A deadly team of terrorists mounts a precision attack on a swimming complex, which holds the world's finest women's swimming team hostage, and unknowingly traps a janitor inside.


Nemesis 4: Death Angel
1996 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Alex shoots again. She has to kill a man, but shoots the wrong one. A high ransom is set on her, so she is visited by some head hunters. Well, she only could sit and wait and hope for a friend's help.


Adrenalin: Fear the Rush
1996 · 1h 17m
country: United States
In a not-too-distant future, a lethal virus sweeps across Europe, prompting the creation of quarantine refugee camps in the United States. Police officers Delon and Lemieux learn of a grisly murder in the Boston camp and team up to investigate. Suspecting the ruthless killer is infected with the virus, the pair have just hours to stop him before he becomes contagious and infects the entire population.


Omega Doom
1996 · 1h 24m
country: United States
After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of weapons. One robot, his evil circuits destroyed, enters a small town where a robot civil war is taking place.


Raven Hawk
1996 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.


Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
1996 · 1h 25m
country: United States
In this wasteland of despair the path to redemption is not clear. But Alex – a mutant created with super human DNA – carries the seed of hope for all mankind. In a struggle for domination that will never end, the Cyborg enemy – designed by humans as weapons without a soul – will not stop until this divine spark of humanity is eliminated. The Cyborgs are back, here and now, and stronger than ever. The terror has returned and we must face what they bring…


Nemesis 2: Nebula
1995 · 1h 23m
country: United States
It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When the Cyborgs learn of the woman and the baby they list both for termination.


Heatseeker
1995 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A kickboxing champion is forced to fight cyborgs in a tournament when the company kidnaps his fiancee.


Spitfire
1995 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.


Hong Kong 97
1994 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Hong Kong 97 takes place in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with interests in the colony, guns down key members of the Chinese envoy which will take charge of Hong Kong the next day. Suddenly, he becomes a target for every two-bit mercenary in the city. With the help of his company mentor, a clueless friend, and his ex-girlfriend, Cameron must unravel the motives behind his sudden target status and escape Hong Kong alive.


Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor
1994 · 1h 30m
country: United States
David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage international terrorist.


Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A professional model, Sam Crain, is asked by her sister to smuggle a package from Europe to Portland Oregon, where she discovers that her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks (not ninjas!). Fleeing the monks, Sam unwittingly involves Ed "Brainsmasher" Molloy, a nightclub bouncer.


Arcade
1993 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Alex Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade" is being test marketed by a computer company CEO. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain "Arcade" and takes over their minds.


Knights
1993 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In the future, as a result of devastating wars, all suitable for cultivation of land turned into one big lifeless desert. In the search of fertile lands around the world were traveling group of nomadic farmers. But one of the distant city genesis in these lands came cyborgs. For the operation they need human resources, or more simply - blood. To combat this army of Vampire creator has been sent cyborg Gabriel (Kristofferson). In this he will help the girl Nea (Long), whose parents as a child killed the main villain - Job (Henriksen).


Nemesis
1992 · 1h 36m
country: United States
In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man, part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.


Deceit
1992 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Two outer-space aliens visit Earth with the intention of blowing it up, but they meet a hot blonde and decide to postpone the planet's destruction in order to try to score with her.


Dollman
1991 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Brick Bardo is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, and all hell breaks loose, Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.


Bloodmatch
1991 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Brick Bardo is on a mission to find out which one of the world's greatest kickboxers killed his brother. Five years ago, one of the four champs was fixing fights and set up his brother in the fight that took his life. Now Bardo must take on the gang in the ring for an all-out kickboxing fight to the finish.


Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991 · 1h 31m
country: United States
In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.


Captain America
1990 · 1h 37m
country: United States
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.


Cyborg
1989 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.


Journey to the Center of the Earth
1988 · 1h 20m
country: United States
An English nanny and one of two brothers fall down a Hawaiian cave, all the way to Atlantis.


Alien from L.A.
1988 · 1h 27m
country: South Africa
When her archaeologist father disappears on an expedition, Wanda sets out to look for him. What she finds is a secret underground world, where no one believes in life on the surface and where she and her father are taken for spies.


Down Twisted
1987 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A naive, good-hearted Los Angeles waitress does not think twice about helping her troubled roommate. Unfortunately, her help lands her in Central America fleeing for her life with a grungy mercenary.


Vicious Lips
1987 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Sometime in the distant future, a fledgling band gets an opportunity for a breakthrough, if they can make it in time to a faraway planet to perform in a very popular club.


Radioactive Dreams
1986 · 1h 34m
country: Mexico
After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.


Dangerously Close
1986 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and quite possibly American society, of what they deem to be its undesirables because of ethnicity, politics, etc. Our hero recruits a teacher and some other "less desirable" classmates to undermine the elitists, and, naturally, things get quite violent.


The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.