Nemesis (1992)
Genre: Scifi / Action
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United States / Denmark
Directed by: Albert Pyun
Stars: Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
IMDb score:
5,4 (7.927)
Releasedate: 26 December 1992
Nemesis plot
"In the future... it pays to be more than human."
In the year 2027 it is possible to upgrade your body with cybernetic implants. Agent Alex Rain has gone through quite a few upgrades when he is badly damaged/injured during a shootout involving members of the terrorist organization the Red Army Hammerhead. When Alex recovers, he quits his job and heads to Rio to pursue a career as a smuggler. However, Alex is kidnapped by his ex-boss, Farnsworth, and forced to do one last job. The Hammerheads have stolen plans for a Japanese-American summit, and Alex must track down and take out the terrorists.
Actors and actresses
Alex
Farnsworth
Julian
Angie-Liv
Max Impact
Germaine
Michel
Yoshiro Han
Jared
Pam
Reviews & comments
Lennert
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- 2412 messages
- 1401 votes
I can't believe my eyes, but in my opinion Pyun has made a really good movie with Nemesis. Movies like Cyborg and Knights are sincere guilty pleasures, but in this movie it seems that the best man in terms of script, cast, direction and action has made a real quality pulp movie for a change.
First of all, the acting, which is wonderfully good for a film like this. I never thought much of Gruner, but he is very much in his place here and can even be called cool. Bigger actors like Tagawa, James and Thomerson are also fantastic screen fillers. Also note a very young (and very naked) Thomas Jane, in a fairly short, but bizarre supporting role. We even encounter Jackie Earle Haley as a computer expert towards the end.
The action is over the top spectacle. Huge amounts of bullets fly around the ears, but then constantly filmed in such a way that it remains dynamic. I had initially hoped that Gruner would use a bit more martial arts, but all in all I never got bored because of beautiful scenes like where Gruner shoots himself down a number of floors through the floors, or the moment where he slides down a long muddy slide while shooting while fighting a cyborg.
The story itself flowed well and can easily nestle itself in the list of successful cyberpunk films from the 80s/90s. This is also mainly due to the fact that the special effects and make-up effects are definitely worth it despite the low budget, although I have to admit that the stop motion at the end was perhaps a bit too much of a good thing. Nevertheless, the final battle was too cool in all its pulpiness!
What a cool movie, I'm glad I was able to catch this gem on TV, as far as I know the DVD version is nowhere to be found in the Netherlands.
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Leno
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- 5922 messages
- 4478 votes
Pyun has made many bad films but here he surpasses himself in a positive way. The story is shaky on all sides but the setting is good, from the post apocalyptic beginning to the climax on Java and the pace is nice and high. Furthermore, the film has great action scenes with a few highlights and the cast, which varies in quality, provides the necessary fun one-liners. The cyborgs also look great after they have been shot to pieces.
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xxERWINxx
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- 1989 messages
- 1031 votes
Watched it today on blu-ray! I bought the boxset with Nemesis 1 to 4 via Amazon and started part 1 today.
I have never seen this series of films before so I gave it a try today and I must say it was not disappointing.
A very good (long) opening in the form of many shoot-outs, after which the story begins about people who inject themselves with a substance that makes them cyborgs (half human / half robot).
A bit of a vague story, but the action scenes were very well captured, a bit Terminator-like, we see a lot of shootings and a number of explosions, the main character ''Alex'' is constantly being chased by all kinds of people / cyborgs.
We also see a bit in the jungle and an explosive ending, there was also some real humor with that grandma and also a bit of nudity from one of the cyborg babes.
All in all a bit of a strange story, but the action scenes are very good!
On to part 2, I wonder if it's better...
Translated from Dutch · View originalPre- and sequels
Nemesis 4: Death Angel
1997
Nemesis III: Prey Harder
1996
Nemesis 2: Nebula
1995
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