SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

jeldridge-28771 This review will be on the director's cut of the film (known as "Nemesis v2.0"), which can be purchased from Albert Pyun. I will also be comparing the theatrical version with the director's cut as much as possible.Originally released in 1992 and directed by Albert Pyun (director of "Captain America," "Slinger," and "Invasion"), the film centers on the character Alex Rain (perfectly played by Olivier Gruner of the independent films "Velocity Trap," "Sector 4," and the up-coming "Executive Protection"), who is an LAPD police officer going against cyber-terrorists. The character himself has been augmented with robotic replacement parts, from his eyes to his legs and skull. After an operation at the beginning of the film, he's repaired once again and given a vacation where he attempts to find his humanity.The protagonist of the film is Chief of LA Police, Farnsworth (masterfully played by Tim Thomerson from "Dollman" and "Trancers"), who is a cyborg of his own right involved in a massive conspiracy to infiltrate and take over the planet. He begins to use Rain as a pawn in that conspiracy, but his loyalty to a female cyborg - Jared (played by the beautiful and very talented Marjorie Monaghan) - brings him to not only rebel against his cyborg superiors but bring back his humanity.It's a great story of not only personal redemption but also what it takes to be human. It can be seen as a perfect metaphor of the increasingly technological world we all live in. Director Pyun's masterful storytelling comes out as usual, but was hindered when it was theatrically released. The only way I was able to see how the film was initially intended was when I purchased the director's cut a couple of years ago. It definitely keeps a seat in my science- fiction collection as a hallmark in robotic SF filmmaking.If you are a fan of smart SF, great action, and incredible special effects (done by Fantasy II, which did the SFX for the first two "Terminator" films), then you will absolutely love "Nemesis v2.0." Please support Mr. Pyun in purchasing his vision of the film. Trust me: just like with "Slinger," you will not be disappointed.

Proventus I mean really.... burn the reels. I never write reviews for movies. Even if I love them. But this one..... This one was such a total... complete waste of my and your time that I decided to register on IMDb and give this lemon some colour.I was a little hesitant to watch this movie. The out line seemed good and the actors were recognized, but I still felt like passing this puppy up to rot. I should have let it at that. But no.... I had to watch it. That'll teach me to go against my gut.BTW; Sparks don't fly from guns. Even futuristic ones.

Paul Andrews Nemesis is starts during the future year of 2027 in Los Angeles as cyborg cop Alex (Oliver Guner) shoots a robotic terrorist who has vital information on the 'Red Army Hammerheads' terrorist organisation, while trying to escape with the information member of the Red Army Hemmerheads blow him to pieces. Jump forward 'Six Months Later' as Alex has been rebuilt by the LAPD & is more machine than human, Alex has become a data smuggler but his old LAPD boss Farnsworth (Tim Thomerson) forces Alex into one last assignment. An assignment to find & capture his former partner Jared (Marjorie Monaghan) who has sold top secret information to the Red Army Hammerheads who plan to assassinate top Government officials. Alex has no choice but to accept, the LAPD fitted a bomb in his robotic heart & if he steps out of line, bang. However Alex has been used as a pawn in a wider & more sinister plan by the cyborgs who intend to overthrow humanity & rule the Earth themselves...This Danish & American co-production was directed by Albert Pyun who for me is one of the very worst director's still working today, he maybe isn't quite as bad as either Jess Franco or Jim Wynorski but he's right down there with them & just because Nemesis is considered one of his best film doesn't stop it from being any less crap or make it any more worthwhile. The script is a mess, it tries to mix all the futuristic films of the time that dealt with cyborgs & lawless futures such as Robocop (1987) & The Terminator (1984) both of which are far superior to this awkward mess of a film. The biggest problem with nemesis is the lacklustre story (cyborgs in the future want to take over), the seemingly random way it develops (even though the film states that Alex is a really bad data smuggler the LAPD want him to undertake a vital mission), the questions that never get answered (why do the cyborgs want to replace humans with perfect robotic duplicates that act & look exactly like the human they are replacing, what is their big plan, what is the Red Army Hammerheads big plan & why is Alex so important for it?), the events that are never explained (why does the LAPD allow Alex to go to Rio de Janeiro & become a data smuggler, what's with the pointless puppy to dog scene at the start?) & a really dull plot that gets about five minutes of exposition the whole film between boring scenes of people running around shooting at each other. The script is totally humourless & is really dull, the dreary politics between the cyborgs & humans almost put me to sleep, there's never any real indication that Nemesis is set in the future apart from the cyborgs themselves & who is controlling Alex? Who is controlling Farnsworth? The whole script is just loose, it occasionally throw's in some dialogue that is supposed to sound serious about cyborgs wanting to take over the planet but otherwise Nemesis is a plot less & uneven sci-fi thriller with a few forgettable action scenes tossed into the mix.The opening gunfight was alright, even though the bad guy's can't hit Alex from about ten feet away in open ground. I mean Alex is running though a building site & these bad guy's are right behind him shooting but none of them ever hit him. He, of course, hits & kills them easily. There are three separate sliding scenes, Alex slides down a rubble pile, he slides down an old fun park slide & then down the side of a hill. There are a few explosions too but almost all the so called action here is just people who can't aim properly shooting at each other. The climax is a real rip-off of The Terminator as a cyborg metallic robot skeleton has a fight with Alex while hanging out the back of a plane. Don't ask. Despite being made almost a decade later & despite the advances in special effects the robot fight at the end of The Terminator looks a thousand times better. The film is shot with very muted colours & the usual bright neon lighting that so many sci-fi films seem to have. There's not much blood or gore although there is a bit of nudity if that's what your after.Although filmed between November & January 1992 Nemesis wasn't released until the beginning of 1993 & you can see why, shot in Los Angeles, Arizona & Hawaii. The acting is alright but what on Earth is Brion James doing? Why the bad German accent? Future Hollywood star Thomas Jane has a small role & why kill of the babe in boots at the start? They even put her on the front of the DVD box yet she is killed off within a few minutes, she was the prettiest one & has the biggest gun. Nice going Pyun you klutz.Nemesis is a terrible sci-fi action thriller with dull action scenes, an almost random plot stolen from other much better sci-fi action thrillers, a future that looks about twenty years out of date already & some questionable special effects. Not good, not good at all so why on Earth did Nemesis spawn no less than three sequels? Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995), Nemesis III: Prey Harder (1996) & Nemesis 4: Death Angel (1996) all again directed by Pyun.

ventrue42 Action? there was precious little action in this piece of crap. Frankly the best damn action in the movie was granny pulling the hand gun out of her shopping bag and blowing away 2 or more of the 'droids'.It's yet another example of why governments should be careful about writing tax laws. Because it was done simply to make an investment in for tax purposes. It has no story You don't give a damn about the characters, It was created to lose money in a controlled fashion pure and simple. With this 'loss' to offset things on the investors income taxes it makes it possible for them to keep more money then if they never 'threw it away' in the first place.Sorry for the poorly writing comment but frankly don't waste your time on this at all.