CYBER CITY OEDO 808 FILES 1-3

Programme running time: 42, 46 and 40 min
Age limit: 15
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

2808. Computerised crime proliferates in the neon ghettoes of the automated cyber cities. The Cyber Police combat this escalating crime rate by drafting high-tech criminals into the force. Each criminal is fitted with a collar containing high-explosive. Failure to complete an assignment within the given time results in instant death - but succesful missions reduce the convictīs sentence.
FILE 1: VIRTUAL DEATH - 50 000 people are trapped inside a cyber city skyscraper by an anonymous hacker who has infiltrated the buildingīs security network. The mass murderer Sen Goku is selected by Dekachu, Chief of Cyber Police, to identify the perpetrator. Only one man is known to have the expertise to do this - but he died years ago...
FILE 2: PSYCHIC TROOPER - Gogul, the mohawked computer-hacker unearths a covert military operation to manufacture a cyborg killing machine. A fusion of human corpse and cyborg body the machine combines super strength and mobility with devastating firepower. A live target is needed to test this new cyborg and Gogul has no alternative but to face the mighty machine and fight to the death.
FILE 3: BLOOD LUST - Benten is assigned to a possible vampire case where three biogenetic scientists have been sucked dry of blood. He investigates the Saionji Hospital but before any information can be found he is attacked by a pack of ferocious cyber beasts. Meanwhile Gogul has discovered that the dead scientists were working on a super-virus for immortality - with some deadly side-effects.
Cyber City Oedo is a pretty good cyberpunk serie. It is full of action and, unfortunately, bad words that becomes pathetic when the word "fuck" appeares in every sentence. But besides that, itīs pretty good.

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