Tubi Saturday: Nemesis 3- Time Lapse/Prey Harder (1996)

 I can't review a Film that defines a Generation of Pop Culture AND a direct-to-video Action Film from Albert Pyun in one day.

As such, I bumped this one back to now.

The Film begins with Alex laying out in the Desert, covered in blood and confused.

This allows them to recap the last Film for around TEN MINUTES.

Joy.

The confused lady finally wanders over to find...Tim Thomerson?!?

Yes, he's back as another version of his Cyborg/Android Character, this time sent back in time to scan our Heroine and get her full DNA code.

This apparently takes 10 hours, which they remind us of about 43 times.

Depending on the shot, he's either this terrible CGI Model or Thomerson with random CGI accents.

None of them look good.
The danger of playing with your new toys in 1996.

She lets him scan her a bit and inject her with a drug that slowly restores her memories.

Something about her 'Sister' showing up.
Something about going back to a Time Portal.

She finally shoots Thomerson and leaves, wandering through the desert warzone.

Thomerson, meanwhile, is trying to fix the robot from the last Film and is using two Humans to do it.

What's funny is how they try to cover up the lady on the left, even though she's 'secretly' one of the Superhumans (aka Bodybuilders).

This pays off later, but boy is it a bad tease.

The Androids are causing all sorts of low-budget trouble.  Some are normal guys like Thomerson, while others are YET MORE lady bodybuilders.

If it had less explosions, it would be a weird Fetish Film...and it still kind of is.

Our Heroine tries to escape in a car, is blown up and...that was all just her remembering what happened already.

Oh good- one of THOSE Endings!

Oy vey!  This is a great example of putting good stuff in a bad package.

The whole way the Film plays out is just unnecessary.  Why not just tell it normally?
It was a silly flourish for Tarantino to do it, but for Pyun to do it 2 years later...no.

The positives- the fun action moments, real explosions, silly F/X and a unique Lead.
I'm not going to accuse Sue Price of being a great Actress here, but she does have a certain presence.

Sadly, she and many others here are wasted here when the Film is just so annoying to get through.
It will likely lose many people with the Intro, which is a shame.

The Film could have been an enjoyable romp with explosions and Action.  As it is, I lost interest far too early and it was hard to win me back.

As I approach the Series' end, I just think of who could possibly Star in a modern update.  I think that the choice is obvious...

A Film that has some fun moments, but boy is it a slog to get through it.  The Framing of the whole thing was just a big mistake.