Nemesis 5: The New Model is a 2017 action/sci-fi VOD movie directed by Z-Movie director Dustin Ferguson and written by Mike Reeb. It's the fifth and final feature film in the Nemesis film series created by Albert Pyun. It stars the usual cast from some other films by Ferguson like Schuylar Craig, Joelle Reeb, Mel Novak, Edwin Garcia, Daniel Joseph Stier and Dawna Lee Heising. However it does feature series regular Sue Price in a rather small role, a bodybuilder who played Alex Sinclair from part 2 onwards. This movie was probably made because Ferguson got the rights to the name of the series after watching the movies during the nineties and being a fan of them.
The Red Army Hammerheads have taken over Earth in the year 2077 and it's up to Ari Frost, who trained with Alex Rain, to rise up against the cyborgs and resist their conquest.
First thing you gotta realize is that this is a microbudget and very short Z-movie made strictly out of a fan's love for the original movies rather than a giant corporation trying to get a few bucks out of the few people who still remember the Nemesis movies, so you have to put up with some low production values, unpolished acting, rushed shooting and staging and some very rudimentary special effects but if you enjoy no-budget cinema this might be for you, particularly if you have some sort of nostalgia for the other Nemesis films. These conditions create a similar feel to the abstraction and surrealness of the original sequels this one takes a lot from but on a much meager budget.
Sue Price comes back for her role and you can tell it's been almost 20 years since the last flick but she still looks very good and has some fun (funny) moments that you can have a good time with. Other characters also come back or are added to continue the storyline of part 2 and 3 specifically, mostly ignoring the unrelated storyline from part four. I forgot to mention that Sue Price is about five feet, so she looks way shorter than the rest of the cast. In the other movies they played this off well enough that some people couldn't notice but as the series went on they stopped using lower angles or tricks to make her look bigger in front of the camera.
Visually there are some inspiring touches like the monochromatic color filters that give some flair and a distinguishable quality to the image, it's quite varied and well done so it never gets tiresome. The rest of the style is typical static camera and very few, if any, movements or flashy techniques. A lot of the movie doesn't really go anywhere and the plot meanders a bit too much from the central characters but I cant say I was bored while watching it even if not much impactful usually happens on Ferguson's films, this one is different in the sense that it has some conventional plot points and development for instance. Like most of his other movies Nemesis 5 is also about an hour and ten minutes long, so it never overstays its welcome.
Only recommended for those who are already familiar with the director and who know what they are getting into. Even if you are a Nemesis completist you might be bewildered by this one.
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