Thoughts on Nemesis

Nemesis is like a cut rate Blade Runner. That is okay, nothing wrong with that. In this movie, Olivier Gruner stars as Alex, a LA cop, with cybernetic enhancements. He is brought back to fight terrorists but things might not be as simple as they appear.

Gruner was a real life martial arts champion. This movie doesn’t take enough advantage of his fighting skills but he comes across well as the weary Alex. Tim Thomerson, best known for the Trancers series, costars.

This might be worth checking out but not worth buying.  (Alas, I bought it.) I have seen worse. There are four or five sequels to this movie.



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