Cyber Bandits


Cyber Bandits, also known as A Sailor’s Tattoo, is a 1995 science fiction film directed by Erik Fleming. It uses a screenplay by James Robinson and James Goldman. It was made by Lumiere Pictures and used visual effects by Steven Robiner.
The film stars Martin Kemp as the ship captain Jack Morris who unwittingly gets entangled into a dangerous adventure when he transports passengers who have created a lethal virtual reality weapon. Others in the cast included Alexandra Paul, Robert Hays, Adam Ant, Grace Jones, Kiana Tom, and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular Henry Gibson. It was distributed by Sony Pictures [Motion Picture Group|Columbia TriStar] and released on DVD in December 2004. It received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and profanity.

Synopsis

When Jack Morris accepts a job to serve as a navigator aboard a yacht owned by millionaire Morgan, he's unaware that this will place him in the middle of a deadly entanglement. Morgan's mistress, Rebecca Snow, has stolen his most recent and deadly invention, the computer code for a weapon capable of erasing a target's brain and leaving them trapped within their own body. In order to force his help, Rebecca tattoos the code onto Jack's skin, making him a target for any and everyone who wants to obtain the code.

Cast

Production

Jones wore her own clothes to portray the character.

Release

Cyber Bandits was released direct to video during November 1995, through Columbia TriStar.

Reception

Film critics Mick Martin and Marsha Porter dismissed the film as a "farfetched action outing that uses high technology as camouflage for its own lack of invention." Another commentator stated: "Fleming directs it like nothing is out of the ordinary about these bizarre characters and crazy situations." Entertainment Weekly indicated that Kemp struggled with and ultimately failed in employing an American accent, and criticized the film for its ignorance of technology in what was supposed to be a plot involving technology of the future.