Nemesis (1993)

Strong and Moving!

Redundant and unnecessary.

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The first thing that strikes you about this badly-made 'futuristic' movie is that the acting is appalling, even the normally reliable Brion James has a ludicrous cod-German accent. Sadly, the lead actor has the charisma of a sack of potatoes, not helped by the terrible dialogue he's made to utter, most of which consists of swearing.There are many set-pieces, normally involving large quantities of ammunition at close quarters, most of which misses the target. But for all the number of times they tell him he's a brilliant hit-man, he keeps getting caught very easily.The plot, what there is of it, only appears complicated because it is normally relayed by people shouting it at each other; when it finally becomes clear, you realise how ludicrous and pointless it all was. Oh, and the special effects are not.

In the future, cybernetic beings are replacing humans with perfectly duplicated cyborgs which mimic human behavior and look the part. Oliver Grunner is an LA cop, Alex Raine, who is a human with cybernetic parts, who hunts terrorists for his department, under Commissioner Farnsworth (Tim Thomerson). What Alex doesn't realize is that Farnsworth has been "replaced" with a state-of-the-art cybernetic recreation who is to lead a revolution with a plan to wipe out humankind. There are characters like Angie-liv (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), Max Impact (Merle Kennedy, who moves like a monkey), Jared (Marjorie Monaghan, a "good cyborg" and once Alex's lover before he discovered she was in fact an "it"), and Julian (Deborah Shelton, Jared's cybernetic ally whose naked body actually looks synthetic) who are trying to stop the evil cyborg's from the planned human holocaust.The plot, with a lot of technical mumbo jumbo as dialogue to explain facets of the story play second fiddle to the non-stop action and you can most definitely see the John Woo influence in the grand ways director Albert Pyun and cinematographer George Mooradian stage action sequences. Gruner, in exceptional shape, even moves like Chow Yun Fat , at times, with how he shoots his various guns, particularly hand weapons. Lots of buildings take abuse, sparks emitting when metal is blasted into, the ground exploding from missiles and bullets, trees in Java toppling, old factories no longer in use taking an ass whooping thanks to the stunt coordinators and action choreographers allowed to work their cinematic magic.Coolest scene could be where Gruner must escape from certain death by blowing out several floors under him in order to escape. Plenty of "cyborg effects" which should appeal to fans of "cyberpunk".

I remember when I first saw "Nemesis" way back in the day, '93 or so, on cinemax or that TMC cable channel. I don't really recall exactly, but I recall being completely intrigued by the whole cyborg/futuristic screenplay. I was a fan of Olivier Grunner from an earlier low budget film that he made called "Angel Town," so I knew he wouldn't disappoint. Spoiler Alert: I loved the intro to the movie. How Alex Rain (Grunner) was about to get busy with some chick in what looked like a hotel room, but was later realized to be set right in like an industrial factory or something. Very weird to say the least. But then as they passionately kiss, she chokes the hell out of him! It turns out that she's some kind of "information terrorist/carrier" and she needs to make sure that Alex is not an undercover agent/cop. She seems to have confirmed that he's okay when suddenly he grabs her own pistol and shoots her right in the head. Which reveals a very odd looking cybernetic skull. And right after he kills her, the chase is on. As Alex leaves the room members of the "red army hammerhead" terrorist group pass through the hall. All 4 of them staring at Alex suspiciously. Needless to say they find the destroyed cyborg and go right after Alex. What ensues is one of the sickest action scenes I've ever seen. Complete with sexy females with machine guns and grenade launchers looking to murder our hero. You just have to see it to realize the strength and athleticism that Grunner has and how well he pulls off being a "cyborg" cop. I really think (for it's time) Nemesis was an awesome sci-fi action flick with lots of cool scenery, special effects and some seriously funny one liners and dialogue. The acting and accents were so bad and stiff that it was likable, or even funny. I love the interaction between that pony tail guy, Farnsworth and the other pony tail guy when they're trying to "convince" Rain to take on their "last assignment" by letting him know that they implanted a remote control bomb near his heart. Just too funny. See this movie!

This sexy, slick, sci-fi, shoot them-up, is a bit unpolished, but sure is fun to watch. Kick-boxer Olivier Gruner is so busy bucking them down he hardly has time to show some love round house kick style. The movie takes place in a post apocalyptic future wasteland, where having cybernetics implanted in you is as common as liposuction. O.G.plays an undercover L.A.P.D. cop who is sent to assassinate the leaderof a rebel group of Cyborgs, reported to want to control the remaininghumans. Once he shoots the leader the shooting doesn't stop and he's has a running gun battle with her fellow Cyborg rebels. He's mortally wounded and during recovery he has time to reflect on how much of him is human and how much of him is Cyborg. Being recruited by the rebels that say they're trying to save humans from rogue Cyborg officials. He's also asked to return to L.A.P.D. to fight the good fight against the rebels. Not knowing who's telling the truth he drops out. He goes mercenary and sells his skills on the black market to the highest bidder. This starts his downward spiral. The only way he can uncover which conspiracy is the truth, is to go back undercover for the L.A.P.D. Sexy: It starts off sexy with the opening scene being the hero and rebel leader amorously making out and disrobing each other, in a hotel hallway both planning on killing each other. Slick: Half this movie is Hooligans in 500 dollar Italian suits, loading and cocking tricked out machine guns. Shoot them up: Cyborg with belt fed 50 Caliber machine guns and mini-guns attached to their bodies that fire until lock back. This movie had more was made when Desert Eagles and H+K MP-5's were cheap. The scene in "Underworld" where Kate BECKINSDALE shoots through the floor to escape the Lykens was knocked off (sampled, stolen) from this movie. Unpolished: this movie was obviously written for a bigger budget. Pedestrian special effects don't do it justice. But this movie doesn't apologize for nothing. The movie poster says it all, he hero and a hot Cyborg chick holding tricked out MP-5's, enough said.