Nemesis III: Prey Harder (1996) (V)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers (WGA):

Rebecca Charles (characters)
Albert Pyun (written by)

Release Date:

18 June 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The war continues.

Plot:

Using footage left over from Nemesis 2 and a very thin story line sees Alex again fighting the cyborg mercenaries in 1998 East Africa...

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg | Low Budget Film | Roman Numeral In Title | Action Heroine | Sequel

Cast

Sue Price	...	Alex
Tim Thomerson	...	Farnsworth 2
Norbert Weisser	...	Edson
Xavier Declie	...	Johnny
Sharon Bruneau	...	Lock
Debbie Muggli	...	Ditko
Ursula Sarcev	...	Ramie
Earl White	...	Brick / Juma
Jon H. Epstein	...	Michael
Chad Stahelski	...	Nebula
Karen Studer	...	Zama
Bobby Brown	...	Rebel #1 / Bob
Jahi J.J. Zuri	...	Rebel #2
Shelton Baily	...	Tribal Chief
Cinque Glendy	...	Young Juma

Also Known As:

Nemesis 3
Nemesis 3: Timelapse

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence and language.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Globe, Arizona, USA

Company:

Filmwerks

Movie Connections:

Follows Nemesis 2: Nebula (1995) (V)

"Prey" for deliverance....

There's something about a movie that features female bodybuilders that gets me in front of the screen every time.

I've seen "Pumping Iron II", "Aces: Iron Eagle III", "Raven Hawk", and even the TV movie "Getting Physical", which featured some big names in the sport. They were tolerable in their own ways (mostly, because they featured Rachel McLish. ROWWR!!).

Then I went and watched "Nemesis III: Prey Harder", on the sole basis that it featured such luminaries as Sue Price, Debbie Muggli, Sharon Bruneau and Ursula Sarcev. Love the ladies, always will, but after this I'm kinda glad I missed the first two "Nemesis" flicks.

Well, the first one, anyway. Most of the footage here is lifted bodily (and kicking and screaming, I would guess) from "Nemesis II". Actually, that one looked marginally entertaining from the evidence supplied here.

But even though Price and company flex and pose, they don't get much of a chance to do anything else (like, say, ACT!). In fact, this whole film is an exercise (Get it? Ha-ha...) in oblique story-telling, ambiguous characters and open-ended movie-making (in terms of filming as well as the story-line).

Nothing makes much sense but even if it did, there would still be issues - such as making such small parts for such larger-than-life women as these. What a crime.

Of course, it was written and directed by Albert Pyun, so what did you expect: cohesion?

One star only, in consideration for all the hard work that Price, Muggli, Bruneau and Sarcev obviously put into their bodies, NOT the "craft" work done within the movie itself.

Thanks, ladies.