Nemesis (1992)

Alex, a burned out LA cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who's about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war against humans. Is he being played?

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	...	Sam
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 | conspiracy | tracking device | villain not really dead cliche | stop motion animation | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | 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 USA:

$2,001,124

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

Thomas Jane later went on to star as Frank Castle in the Marvel comic book movie The Punisher (2004). 2 years earlier, Albert Pyun directed Captain America (1990) also based on a Marvel comic book, which actor Matt Salinger played Steve Rogers/Captain America.

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Goofs

When Alex steps out of the shower, we first see his butt, but in a later shot, he is suddenly wearing briefs.

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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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Alternate Versions

Japanese laser disc is 97 mins and unrated and uncut with extra violence.

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Connections

Edited into Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995)

User Reviews

A cop is for ever haunted and hunted over a Cyborg he kills.

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.