Nemesis (1992)

An retired cyborg Los Angeles policeman is forced out of retirement and is assigned to apprehend his former partner whom is smuggling data to a terrorist organization that plots to assassinate government officials.

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer:

Rebecca Charles

Stars:

Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Olivier Gruner	...	Alex
Tim Thomerson	...	Farnsworth
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Angie-Liv
Merle Kennedy	...	Max Impact
Yuji Okumoto	...	Yoshiro Han
Marjorie Monaghan	...	Jared
Nicholas Guest	...	Germaine
Vincent Klyn	...	Michelle
Thom Mathews	...	Marion
Marjean Holden	...	Pam
Brion James	...	Maritz
Deborah Shelton	...	Julian
Jennifer Gatti	...	Rosaria
Borovnisa Blervaque	...	Morico
Thomas Jane	...	Billy (as Tom Janes)

Storyline

In the future, chaos is rampant as 'information terrorists' threaten to destroy order in society. Alex is a part-man-part-machine LAPD cop who is the best at what he does. When one of the terrorists calls him a machine, Alex questions his humanity and decides to leave the force. His final assignment is to apprehend an old colleague who has stolen some data. However, there is more than meets the eye and Alex must question his allegiance.

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Plot Keywords:

cyborg | terrorist | killing a dog | explosion | shot in the head | 

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Taglines:

In the future... it pays to be more than human.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong futuristic violence

Details

Country:

Denmark USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cyborg - la vendetta

Filming Locations:

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$2,001,124 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Imperial Entertainment, Scanbox Entertainment, Shah/Jensen

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In preparation for his role, Olivier Gruner claims he brought his total body fat down to four percent.

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Quotes

Rosaria: You're confused. We're trying to save humankind, and you, you protect the machines... Well no wonder you protect them, you're mostly machine, you're not really human anymore are you?
Alex: 86.5% is still human.

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Connections

Followed by Nemesis 3: Time Lapse (1996)

User Reviews

Rain falls on post apocalypse...

Olivier Gruner stars as Alex Rain, a cyborg who has lost all his faith in humanity after barely walking away with his life after a gun fight with terrorists, However his former employers want him back and they want him to get rid of a renegade agent and to insure that he does this deed, they implant a bomb in his heart, not impressed by his former employer's antics Rain goes AWOL and joins the rebels. There are many similarities between this and Pyun's other movie Cyborg. Although where as I remember everyone in Cyborg laughing at the antics on screen, I remember everyone walking out of this one saying how good it was. I however was no fan. I thought the narrative was a bit hard to follow and while the action sequences were well staged, I often found myself distracted by the circumstances surrounding them. (Same thing with Cyborg.) However Nemesis is better than Cyborg, there is more depth in the script however there isn't enough exploring of the depth that could have made this thing great. Indeed there are some very good moments to be found here but had Pyun explored these (Mainly the relationship between Gruner and the renegade agent Jared(Played well by Marjorie Monaghan) as well as Gruner's dilemma to being a cyborg) Nemesis might have really been something. Nemesis has it's fans and I can see why, I just was often bored with the corporate clichés and confused narrative.

Ed note:However it's still way better than any of the sequels, so if you must watch one from this prolific series, see only this one.

* * out of 4-(Fair)