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

Director:

Ray Austin

Writers:

Michael Sloan (screenplay) &
Michael Sloan (story) ...

Release Date:

17 May 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jamie Sommers to stop a terrorist group...

Plot Keywords:

Bionics | Suppressed Memory | Airplane Accident | Superhuman | Sequel

Cast

Lindsay Wagner	...	Jaime Sommers
Lee Majors	...	Col. Steve Austin
Tom Schanley	...	Michael Austin
Richard Anderson	...	Oscar Goldman
Martin E. Brooks	...	Dr. Rudy Wells
Lee Majors II	...	Jim Castillian
Martin Landau	...	Lyle Stenning
Gary Lockwood	...	John Praiser
Will Bledsoe	...	Tom Brubaker
Gary Blumsack	...	Jerry Dreyfuss
William Campbell	...	General Forest
Robert F. Hoy	...	Kyle
Terry Kiser	...	Santiago
Cheryl McMannis	...	Carol
Patrick Pankhurst	...	Duke Rennecker

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Michael Sloan Productions

Trivia:

The only bionic person from the series who did not make it for the return (aside from the 'Bionic Boy') was Max the bionic dog. Dr. Rudy Wells does make a mention of him though when he is visited by Steve Austin in his OSI laboratory. OSI secretary Peggy Callahan, played by Jennifer Darling also didn't make a return appearance.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Steve Austin grabs a machine rifle in the final climactic battle, he bends the end of the gun using his super strength so the user can't fire it. We can see though that just before he bends the barrel of the gun, it is slightly bent forward already. The gun wouldn't have been able to fire beforehand anyway if this was the case.

Quotes:

Jim Castillian: So, your the six-million dollar man.
Steve Austin: Probably thirty-four by now.

Movie Connections:

References "The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Soundtrack:

Automatic

He should have stayed away...

This film should never have been made. That being said, I did think it was funny - only because of the poor acting, bad plot, and that fact that it was a Six Million Dollar Man remake.

The basic plot is that Steve Austin (Mr. Six Million himself)is asked to return to service by old boss Oscar Goldman. Austin refuses, even after they trot the Six Million Dollar Woman back onto the scene. She was supposed to marry Austin as one time, but got amnesia and only now remembers what they once meant to each other (gag). Anyway, it turns out Austin had a son he never knew about. The son gets hurt in an accident (of course - apparently everyone connected with Austin gets in a life-threatening accident) and Astin agrees to go back to work for Goldman if he will save his son by giving him some bionics.

This film should never have been made. That being said, I did think it was funny - only because of the poor acting, bad plot, and that fact that it was a Six Million Dollar Man remake.

This TV movie was made extremely cheaply. It shows in almost every shot. They still wear bad clothing and Jamie (Six Mil. Dollar Woman) has a really bad hairdo going on. The acting is incredibly bad all around. The only one who hasn't appeared to age 20 years is old man Goldman, who was old to start with.

Unless you REALLY like the Six Million Dollar Man, or just enjoy laughing at TV's attempts to rehash old shows over and over again, avoid this one. If you're in the mood for a laugh - this has 'em, but you probably won't last the whole movie.