I honestly was expecting this to be a travesty, but was pleasantly surprised. There’s a throughline to the story, even if it’s quite basic, the low budget and limited settings doesn’t bother me, I actually liked the whole deal with the Cyberon, and the main cast really do give good performances and take the story seriously. There’s definitely some “why did you do this” choices in the movie, such as a certain scene that faded to the two main characters in bed together after one being forcefully injected with the drug. I don’t like what it implies, though they try to explain it away, but eh.

This movie also starts off with what I imagine is the only live-action by name reference to Sam and the Doctor. As someone just getting into the EDAs I appreciated that.

Is it a GOOD movie? No, just mediocre, but not bad either. I’m interested in more Cyberon.

Having sympathy with a character from a video game is not the same as having affection for a person in real life...

Cyberon appears to really suffer from a lack of budget in comparison to other BBV productions I've seen. Most likely due to the Auton Trilogy having just wrapped up and the majority of the money being spent on that series rather than investing in something new, but Cyberon still manages to deliver a rather interesting story despite these setbacks.

Doctor Anderson's patients have a permanent brain injury or suffer from brain diseases for which there is no cure. When Thomas Mordley begins introducing tests of Cyberon on her patients, Dr Lauren Anderson thinks she already knows how the trial will end - there will be some benefits, but no significant improvement in their condition. Doctor Anderson is wrong... Cyberon is different. Mordley knows it's a wonder drug, and it's going to revolutionise medicine. He thinks it may even revolutionise the world. But does he realise that Cyberon has its own plan? And if he does, could he do anything to stop it?

Cyberon is very much a psychological thriller diving into the worlds of drug trials and medical ethics as well as unforeseen side-effects of drug experimentation. Here it succeeds but we're given very little in terms of the background on the Cyberon drug itself so it makes it difficult to understand just what properties it wanted to bring across. Although as the film progresses it does become clearer, you end up with a lot of questions as to what the finite properties where and why it takes on a physical form by the end.

On a technical level, again this film clearly suffers from a lack of budget and time as it feels too short to truly flush out all its ideas and twists. Bill Baggs' direction is adequate but nothing spectacular although the more horror given focus towards his first-person shots of the Cyberon's is very well done. Alastair Lock once again provides an excellent soundtrack mixing in the use of heavy drums and guitars perfectly complimented by the piano although my main criticism is that there isn't that much in the way of variation and ultimately the score itself included on the DVD is only 10 minutes long for a 1-hour movie.

The cast is perfectly fine but I didn't feel latched on to any of them as they aren't the most compelling characters, although Jo Castleton's Lauren Anderson is probably the one we're supposed to latch onto since she would later appear in the Zygon spin-off 8 years later.

Overall, while not overly bad, Cyberon clearly suffered from a quick turnaround and lack of funds in order to fully flesh out its ideas.

You're the one with all the brains; you work it out.