(I've included the trailers for the first four NEMESIS movies here as they were posted that way on YouTube)
Oh how I wish I could say that I loved these films. I did
enjoy the first NEMESIS film quite a bit. But as I began watching these films
they slowly erased those fond memories from my mind and left me wishing they
had at least given Albert Pyun some money to make a better film than any of
these. With films like THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER and CYBORG under his belt
there is evidence he can make a good movie. But none of these three would leave
you thinking they were made by the same person.
This set from MVD Rewind once more brings to life the movies
that lined the shelves of mom and pop video stores when they were THE place to
find movies. And many stars saw their careers begin in those direct to video
films. Fortunately female bodybuilder Sue Price was not one of those stars even
after appearing in all three of these NEMESIS sequels. But all three are
gathered together her for fans of the series to enjoy if they loved them.
First up is NEMESIS 2: NEBULA. In this film we learn that
Alex Rain, the hero of the original film has failed the human race and cyborgs
now control the world. A set of renegade humans have constructed a new strain
of DNA that will give the human with this strain extra abilities. The
impregnated mother of the experiment is sent back in time to 1980 in East
Africa (yeah that seems like a safe place) with the baby. It isn’t long before
she’s killed and the baby raised by African tribesmen. Alex grows up to become
a musclebound women who wants to be a warrior. At the same time a cyborg from
the future has tracked her down in time and is out to kill her. Plenty of
running across the desert, explosions and more follow before the film ends with
an opening left wide for a sequel.
Which happens with NEMEMSIS 3: TIME LAPSE. Waking up in the
desert with a severe head wound and found by man named Farnsworth 2 (Tim
Thomerson), he attempts to help her regain her memory. Which of course provides
a reason to use almost 25 minutes of footage from the previous film taking up
quite a bit of its 1 hour and 25 minute running time. It turns out that Alex
has a half-sister who came back in time to recruit her to the future to fight
the cyborgs. Farnsworth 2 turns out to be a cyborg sent back to stop them. More
running, more explosions and more action with the end opening the door for part
4.
And here we have part 4 or NEMESIS 4: CRY OF ANGELS. A truce
between the cyborgs and humans has taken place and Alex is now employed as an
assassin. When she accidentally kills the wrong target and kills a mob boss
instead, a bounty is placed on her head and every killer around is tracking her
down. While that might sound like it would entail plenty of action there is
actually less of it here than in the previous 2 films, the same when it comes
to explosions as well. What replaces it are long sections of dialogue and
conversations between characters that would cure the most difficult insomniac.
It was bad enough that Price couldn’t deliver a few lines of dialogue in the
past but giving her more than some actors get in several films is painful to
watch. And rather than go with the action in this film it seems they decided to
go with sex instead. Price’s body is on full display quite often here sans
clothing.
I know there are fans out there who love every movie in this
series. I respect that. If you love them then more power to you. You’ll have a
great time watching these films and with MVD Rewind behind them you’ll be
getting the best presentation of them you’ve ever seen. You’ll also get Pyun
discussing each film, trailers for each film and a mini-poster for the set. If
you’re a fan buy this one today. If you’re curious give it a look. All others
should most likely steer clear though.
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