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{{quote| '''Jared''': All right, Alex. Now this is gonna...<br />
{{quote|'''Jared''': All right, Alex. Now this is gonna...
'''Alex''': Sting a little? I know.<br />
'''Alex''': Sting a little? I know.
'''Jared''': No, actually it's gonna hurt like a motherfucker. }}
'''Jared''': No, actually it's gonna hurt like a motherfucker. }}


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=== This movie contains examples of: ===
* [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]]: It's an Albert Pyun flick, after all.
* [[Cyborg|Cyborgs]]: It's an Albert Pyun flick, after all.
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:
{{quote| '''Narrator''': It always scared him that they might take out his soul... and replace it with some matrix chip.}}
{{quote|'''Narrator''': It always scared him that they might take out his soul... and replace it with some matrix chip.}}
* [[Eye Scream]]: Alex's cybernetic eye being extracted from its socket.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Alex's cybernetic eye being extracted from its socket.
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: And how!
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: And how!
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* [[Made of Explodium]]: The entire world. No matter what weapon is used and what's being hit, the result is a fiery explosion or at the very least massive sparks.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: The entire world. No matter what weapon is used and what's being hit, the result is a fiery explosion or at the very least massive sparks.
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: A little old lady is harassed by one of the cyborg assassins searching for the protagonist. When he walks away, she pulls out a large pistol out of her purse and shoots him in the back several times, and then shoots him half a dozen times more when he's down for good measure.
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: A little old lady is harassed by one of the cyborg assassins searching for the protagonist. When he walks away, she pulls out a large pistol out of her purse and shoots him in the back several times, and then shoots him half a dozen times more when he's down for good measure.
{{quote| '''Old woman''': Fucking cyborgs. Streets aren't safe anymore. Can't even go to the market without meeting some punk... }}
{{quote|'''Old woman''': Fucking cyborgs. Streets aren't safe anymore. Can't even go to the market without meeting some punk... }}
* [[Slow Motion Fall]]: Usually right after a...
* [[Slow Motion Fall]]: Usually right after a...
* [[Super Window Jump]]: Whenever there's a window.
* [[Super Window Jump]]: Whenever there's a window.
* [[Unexplained Accent]]: Almost every single character. Not just confined to the various European actors either - even the American characters played by ''US'' actors have inexplicable foreign accents.
* [[Unexplained Accent]]: Almost every single character. Not just confined to the various European actors either - even the American characters played by ''US'' actors have inexplicable foreign accents.
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: The protagonist, Alex.
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: The protagonist, Alex.
{{quote| '''Narrator''': It took them six months to put him back together. Synthetic flesh, bioengineered organs.}}
{{quote|'''Narrator''': It took them six months to put him back together. Synthetic flesh, bioengineered organs.}}
* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: The protagonist's motivation.
* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: The protagonist's motivation.


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Latest revision as of 19:48, 10 May 2018

Jared: All right, Alex. Now this is gonna...
Alex: Sting a little? I know.
Jared: No, actually it's gonna hurt like a motherfucker.

Hilariously cheesy Cyberpunk movie from 1992 by Albert "Cyborg" Pyun, starring Olivier "Poor Man's Van Damme" Gruner as a Cyborg ex-LAPD officer.

It was followed by three sequels that take place several decades after the the events of the first film.


Tropes used in Nemesis (film) include:

Narrator: It always scared him that they might take out his soul... and replace it with some matrix chip.

  • Eye Scream: Alex's cybernetic eye being extracted from its socket.
  • Gender Blender Name: And how!
    • Alex (male)
    • Jared (female)
    • Angie (male)
    • Max Impact (female)
    • Germaine (male)
    • Michelle (male)
  • Made of Explodium: The entire world. No matter what weapon is used and what's being hit, the result is a fiery explosion or at the very least massive sparks.
  • Never Mess with Granny: A little old lady is harassed by one of the cyborg assassins searching for the protagonist. When he walks away, she pulls out a large pistol out of her purse and shoots him in the back several times, and then shoots him half a dozen times more when he's down for good measure.

Old woman: Fucking cyborgs. Streets aren't safe anymore. Can't even go to the market without meeting some punk...

Narrator: It took them six months to put him back together. Synthetic flesh, bioengineered organs.