Director - Albert Pyun (Dollman, Captain America)
Starring - Sue Price (Nemesis 2: Nebula, RoboWoman), Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster, Highlander), and Nicholas Guest (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation)
Release Date - 1996
Genre - Sci-Fi/Action
Tagline - "The future has a past"
Format - Bluray (Personal Collection) (Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
I was excited to start my Nemesis journey. The posters for these films really brought my imagination to life. I hate that I had to wait so long to review them but they were worth the wait for the most part. The first film in the series is solid enough but the second was, surprisingly, my favorite of the series. The third film was the dropping point for the series. After seeing this I was on the fence about checking out part 4...and it looks like my suspicion was correct. It would be the low point of this particular trilogy.
The film follows Alex (Price) who is the genetically modified human from the previous two installments who was humanities last hope to stop the cyborgs. Now, she's a cyborg who has turned into an assassin. Her humanity seems to be wiped from her with each additional upgrade to her body and when she accidentally kills the wrong person she finds herself hunted by other bounty hunters.
I was expecting an amazing film but I was expecting something better than this chaotic mess. The movie is sloppy, the cast just doesn't give a shit about their roles, and the effects are so bad that they aren't even funny like the pervious films. I don't know what was going on with this one behind the scenes but it feels like it was pieced together. The acting in this one is so bad. Price attempts to deliver a performance similar to Gruner's in the first film but it just comes across as extremely flat. She can't carry a scene like this and it results in the story and scene falling apart. The supporting cast is extremely inconsistent. In some scenes they really try and in others it's as if they are burned out by this point. As I said earlier, I'm curious about the behind the scenes of this one because it's as if something negative happened which affected the filming. The story for this one is just a messy mix of the first two films. I'm sure Pyun wanted to make something that brought the series full circle but the way it is the movie is just a rehashing of the first two films. It's dull, extremely boring, and repetitive. Finally, if you want some pretty weird and cool practical effects this one has it but they are not enough to save this film. The practical effects and cyborg mechanisms are way more detailed and intense in this one. One scene in particular features a killer boob but these awesome gags are hidden beneath the unwatchable story. Overall, Nemesis 4 is the lowest point up to this point for the series. You could stop with 3 and still feel confident that you've watched the series.
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