Tubi Thursday: Nemesis (1992)

 A new 1990s Series for me to go through weekly.

This one is Nemesis by Albert Pyun (RIP).

Let's rock!

In the future of almost 2027 (it's catching up to us!), Cops have to stop Cyborgs and other technological terrors.

Olivier Gruner is Not Harrison Ford in a big, long (but fun) shoot-out/chase in what looks like Cyborg's reused Sets.

He's nearly destroyed, but rebuilt by the Cops.

In what feels like a different Film, Gruner- with a different haircut- randomly gets revenge on the Cyborg that nearly killed him.

Well, that was a short Film...

Nope.  

After some narration, we jump ahead to a year later where Gruner is now a pseudo-criminal.

He's blasted by a guy with his face gun.

No- I didn't make that up.

He's forced to work for the Police Chief- Tim Thomerson- and a German guy- Brion James- due to them putting a bomb in him.

What a unique concept.

They want him to track down the lady who betrayed him and the LAPD.

He ends up being betrayed by Thomerson- what a shock- and working for the rebel Cyborgs.

The villains are also Cyborgs, so...muddled message, much?

He escapes from the building by...shooting the floors out to drop away.

Is that where Underworld got that from?!?

He has to fight against Thomerson, who's a lifelike robot impersonating Thomerson's Police Chief Character.

Lots of running.
Lots of shooting.
Lots of stuff that is kind of like Terminator 2 (since they hired an F/X guy from it).

It's all dumb, crazy fun.

This one is fun, but also dumb...and also really pretentious.

This Film is a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.

It has this big, complicated Plot.
It can't stop cutting to long Action Scenes.
It has about 100 Characters that come and go.

To be fair, Gruner is not a great Actor.  He tries to be quippy and...yeah, no.  His accent and delivery also leaves something to be desired.
Mind you, me acting in French wouldn't be great either.

The draw here is all of the big, boisterous Action Scenes.  If you can just kind of skim through the Plot to enjoy them, this one is recommended.
It has a bunch of That Guys in it- from Sven-Ole Thorson to Carey-Hiroyuki Tagawa to Jackie Earl Haley- so keep an eye out for them.

Is it good?  No.
Is it fun?  Yes.

It has Thomas Jane (and he's not wearing pants) if that helps sell you...

A bizarre and fun Film that makes almost no sense.  I look forward to the Sequels- right or wrong.