Nemesis III: Prey Harder

While the law of diminishing returns can be rigidly applied to, Albert Pyun's kinetic Cyberpunk tetralogy 'Nemesis', the fitfully fabulous franchise's conspicuously declining production values, and overreliance on flashbacks to pad out the increasingly bizarre narrative proves irksome, and yet, even with all its obvious recycling 'Nemesis 3 : Time Lapse', contains enough unrestrained lunacy to appease more forgiving 'Nemesis' aficionados. Taken as a standalone work, this admittedly patchy, frequently silly Sci-fi shenanigans may seem inconsequential, more seasoned schlock seekers will no doubt revel in its myriad eccentricities!

The film's strengths reside in the welcome return of dread locked, Sue Price as the dynamic, DNA-mutated Amazon, Alex Rain, undertaking a quest to locate her equally ripped warrior siblings she was latterly unaware of! Girding her magnificent loins, our hypertrophically muscled heroine must grimly battle her way across war-ravaged Africa, these bloody travails cementing the legend of her fearsome fighting prowess! Alex's main obstacles being dastardly droid, Farnsworth 2 (Tim Thomerson) and the two sinuously sleek, garishly garbed cyber assassins, Lock (Sharon Bruneau) & Ditko (Debbie Mugli), their outrageously camp performances providing an additionally tweaked weirdness to psychotronic shoot 'em up 'Nemesis 3 : Time lapse'.

It's highly unlikely that great numbers of Sci-Fight fans will go on to watch the 4th Nemesis instalment after witnessing this frequently misfiring oddity, but I must profess to having a genuine affection for this absurd, boisterously bullet-shredded, cyber Kooky action tetralogy! The juicily jacked, Sue Price is one of the most entertaining, physically adept, serially Cyborg retiring B-Movie heroines, and even with all its strident silliness 'Nemesis 3 : Time lapse' remains a frantically fun, albeit terminally trashy Sci-fantasy freakshow from beloved B-Movie maestro, Albert Pyun!

Alex (Sue Price) has ended up stranded in the East African wilderness, and she has no idea how she got there. Soon encountering the obviously not-to-be-trusted "Farnsworth 2" (comedian / B movie icon Tim Thomerson), Alex ultimately flashes back to the previous 22 hours, in which she had learned that she has almost two dozen half-sisters who wish for her to return to 2077.

The screenplay is potentially quite confusing, but it's clear that writing is not B movie veteran Albert Pyuns' strong point. Mostly, he sets up some undemanding low-budget genre nonsense, with some decent action & explosions, a barrage of tacky visual effects, a solid music score by Tony Riparetti, and a welcome sense of humor.

Prices' acting improves a bit from the previous sequel, but her real asset remains her incredible physicality. Thomerson, as always, provides an excellent villain, and Pyun repertory player Norbert Weisser is likewise fun as a wise-cracking mercenary. The real highlight is the pair of camp performances by Sharon Bruneau & Debbie Muggli as two lookalike, blonde wig-wearing cyborg goons. They have good chemistry and get some good laughs.

Overall, this wasn't as entertaining as the previous movie with Price, and only truly die-hard lovers of this kind of techno-cheese may really get into it.

Five out of 10.

Nemesis 3 is the worst movie what I have ever seen!!! I think that Nemesis 3 was only 30 minutes long. And that movie was so boo-oo-ring. When that movie ends and I saw word: NEMESIS 4... I thought I will...NOT watch that movie never again.

I really wanted to like this film. The second film in the series had this silly, drive in movie feel to it that was fun (of course, I was also drunk). I watched this film with the highest expectation of a similar experience of high cinematic hilarity, a-la- Mystery Science Theater 3000. I WAS WRONG!!!!! This movie is a god awful waste of film, and I LIKED THE SECOND ONE!!!! From the effeminate villain with the David Bowie fright wig, to the tacky, obnoxious female villains with laughs that could strip the paint off a garage door, this whole thing was just a painful mess. I actually felt bad for Sue Price, because the material was beneath an actress of her stature (that pretty much says it all). An awful, awful film (that's not a recommendation).

This is going to be my first review on IMDb and I'm glad that the standard rating is 1 out of 10 because then I don't have to change anything...

First there are awful movies. Movies you can make a laughter out of, like Island City, Battlefield Earth or Conan The Destroyer. That is totally acceptable. They makes a great party enhancer. Then there are the worst movie ever. I cannot believe how utterly crappy this steaming pile of dog turd was.

I found it on a second hand store on VHS and bought it quickly because I like sci-fi, Terminator, post-apocalypse and stuff like that. Everything on the box art was very promising. Then I loaded in the tape quickly when I got home and the first thing that I noticed was... WHAT? There was maybe 10 minutes (or more) of switching between present clips and flashbacks in a very annoying blue effect, with sounds that makes you puke. And it just continues over and over. Then some "acting" kicks in and you wonder why you were ever born in a world, where this abomination of mankind actually exists... And then I realized, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PREQUELS. I didn't think about it first, but the title says "3" in it... And I was horrified. But as I actually in great pain and agony watch it to the end, I thought nothing could ever make me feel worse about myself and this universe... But then a little text showed up saying... "Next..." and... NEMESIS 4?!?!?! NO PLEASE NO!!!!!!!!