Nemesis
A cybernetic LAPD enforcer hunts a former colleague through a collapsing future while struggling to decide whether he is still human.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- kinetic
- paranoid
- dystopian
- cult movie night
- cyberpunk double feature
What critics said
Critics generally found the film's provocative cyberpunk ideas and special effects effective despite a convoluted plot and action-heavy exposition.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alex works as a cyborg LAPD officer amid information terrorism and collapsing social order.
Alex is part human and part machine, and his colleague's accusation that he is a machine triggers his crisis.
The apprehension mission expands into a conspiracy involving stolen data, old colleagues, and competing loyalties.
The film foregrounds cyborg bodies, special-effects technology, and action set pieces within a dystopian future.
Films like Nemesis, and why
RoboCop
shared cyberpunk setting, human-machine identity anxiety, and kinetic action-thriller style
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
shared dystopian futurism, cyborg protagonists, conspiracy plotting, and industrial action spectacle
Johnny Mnemonic
shared cyberpunk paranoia, information warfare, and questions about technological control
Hardware
shared low-budget cyberpunk world-building, identity uncertainty, and machine-human conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Albert Pyun
- Release Date
- 1992-12-26
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (181)
Cast
- Olivier Gruner
- Tim Thomerson
- Deborah Shelton
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Merle Kennedy
- Nicholas Guest
- Vincent Klyn
- Yuji Okumoto
- Marjorie Monaghan
- Marjean Holden
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ARROW
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Nemesis about?
- A cybernetic LAPD enforcer hunts a former colleague through a collapsing future while struggling to decide whether he is still human.
- What is Nemesis like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Nemesis as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Nemesis violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Nemesis as brutal.
- What did critics think of Nemesis?
- Critics generally found the film's provocative cyberpunk ideas and special effects effective despite a convoluted plot and action-heavy exposition.
- Which films are like Nemesis?
- Films with a similar feel include RoboCop, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Johnny Mnemonic, and Hardware.
- How long is Nemesis?
- Nemesis runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Nemesis?
- In United States, Nemesis streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Night Flight Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ARROW.
