Nemesis Game (2003)

An introspective university student with an unhealthy interest in riddles and puzzles becomes involved in a sinister mind game that results in murder.

Director:

Jesse Warn

Writer:

Jesse Warn

Stars:

Carly Pope, Ian McShane, Adrian Paul

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carly Pope	...	Sara Novak
Ian McShane	...	Jeff Novak
Adrian Paul	...	Vern
Rena Owen	...	Emily Gray
Brendan Fehr	...	Dennis Reveni
Jay Baruchel	...	Jeremy Curran
Vanessa Guy	...	Marie
Eve Crawford	...	Lea
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Tom
Ron Pardo	...	News Anchor #1
Tony Munch	...	Bearded Man
Michael Kinney	...	Doctor
Philip Williams	...	Police MC
Victor A. Young	...	Professor (as Victor Young)
J.C. Kenny	...	Reporter #2

Storyline

Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.....

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Plot Keywords:

reference to rene descartes | riddle | game | student | mind game | 

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Taglines:

The only thing more terrifying then playing it...is winning

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The subway station in the movie is an abandoned station at Bay Street on the Toronto subway. At one time it was used when trains switched from the Bloor-Danforth line to the Yonge line. When that was discontinued because of switching problems, the station was abandoned. The Toronto Transit Commission rents it out for movie shoots such as this. At one point it had been made to look like a New York subway station and the TTC wished to keep it that way. However the fire department vetoed that because the material used in the "disguise" presented a fire hazard.

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Goofs

In the report the possessive pronoun "its" is spelled like the contraction "it's".

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jeff Novak: [entering interrogation room] Hi Emily. Didn't need to be like this, did it?
Jeff Novak: "Emily Gray. First class artist, high school. Graduated Vancouver." Everything seems to have gone along swimmingly until 1995. Then, 1996 comes along, and wow. You tried to drown a little boy in a lake, out of the blue. You served 5 years on that, you're out for only one, and then this mess. You want to tell me what's going on? I mean you do right? I mean that's why you confessed. I'm all ears, Emily? If ...
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Connections

References Heavy Gear (1997)

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Soundtracks

Doomsday
Performed by Overseer
Written by Robert Howes and Nick Life
Published by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
By Kind Permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Courtesy of Columbia Records

User Reviews

Warn-ing!

"The Nemesis Game" tells of a college student, Sara (Pope), who plays a game of riddles but who can't seem to solve the riddle of her life. The film develops a pair of wispy, marginally intriguing, and converging plot lines; Sara and her riddle game and her father, a cop, and his interrogation of a murder suspect. However, as the story wears on it become more convoluted in its attempt to keep the intrigue going and more muddled in its ability to resolve the issues raised. The result is a frustrating mess with paper thin characters which wallows in it own sense of self importance while failing to deliver anything of substance finally ending with an epilogue much like the punch line of a shaggy dog story. Passable stuff only for the most hard up couch potato. (C)

Details

Country:

Canada New Zealand UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A játék neve: Végzet

Filming Locations:

New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Emily Gray Productions Ltd., Paper Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color