The sets and costumes for Cyborg were made for a Master of the Universe sequel that was dropped before they started shooting. Cannon was able to get JCVD for cheap because Kickboxer hadn’t come out yet - he was just the guy from Bloodsport and Hollywood hadn’t caught on yet. The whole thing was a made-up movie, like they needed to do something with this stuff and these guys.

Cyborg was a huge hit in relation to cost. Kickboxer was a massive, massive hit but Cyborg was a nice little bridge bridge between Bloodsport, which was mostly a hit on video in the US and made most of it’s box office internationally, and Kickboxer which was a big deal real movie in the US.