Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) (TV)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Alan J. Levi

Writers (WGA):

Michael Sloan (teleplay) and
Brock Choy (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

30 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Bionic Woman and the Six-Million-Dollar Man reunite--with a few younger bionic assistants--and try to catch a bionic spy. |

Plot Keywords:

Bionics | Helicopter | Sabotage | World Unity Games | Marriage Proposal

Cast

Lindsay Wagner	...	Jaime Sommers
Lee Majors	...	Steve Austin
Richard Anderson	...	Oscar Goldman
Sandra Bullock	...	Kate Mason
Jeff Yagher	...	Jim Goldman
Martin E. Brooks	...	Dr. Rudy Wells
Lee Majors II	...	Jim Castillian
Josef Sommer	...	Charles Estiman
Geraint Wyn Davies	...	Allan Devlin
Lawrence Dane	...	General Dzerinsky
Robert Lansing	...	General McAllister
Carolyn Dunn	...	Sally
Jack Blum	...	Larry
Andy Dan	...	Comrade Kellagyn (as Andrew R. Dan)
David Adamson	...	Randall

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:PG | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Michael Sloan Productions

Trivia:

Although many episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974) and "The Bionic Woman" (1976) took place in exotic countries, this is the only episode actually filmed outside the United States (it was filmed in Toronto).

Quotes:

Gen. McAllister: As far as I'm concerned, nobody is snow white. If some foreign power, if some group of terrorists, if some indivudial concern has found out how to build a bionic man or a bionic woman... Just imagine what an army of them would be like...

Movie Connections:

Follows The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Step By Step

It's good because of Sandra Bullock

Another made for TV movie based on the hit show is BACK! This time, they can get the help they could ever need. "The Bionic Showdown" is way more thrilling than the show ever could give. Steve and Jamie(Lee Majors& Lindsey Wagner) get a new assistant who is younger and faster than they are. There's Kate Mason(Sandra Bullock), the first volunteer to become bionic. Jamie had helped her get over the feeling after the accident before becoming bionic. And the action is never lost in this movie. Allan(Geraint Wyn Davies) is a "friend" of Kate, Steve, and Jamie. This guy later showed his true colors to be a spy, and a traitor. When Kate found out while she was racing, She really put her bionics to the test. Allan should have known better about using his bionics. Misuse leads to uncertainty, and most will learn the hard way one way or the other. I thought Barney Miller was a problem in the SMDM. At least he got redemption. Plenty of action, plenty of suspense, and plenty of surprise, this movie got it all, and the reunion goes on and on... Rating 3 out of 5 stars.