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Nemesis
Why this pick
Another Albert Pyun dystopia, with the same scrappy direct-to-video futurism, authoritarian corporate menace, cyborg paranoia, and rough-edged action energy.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1990 1h 25m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to ensure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability." When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man, must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm."
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Paul Ganus
Tyson Keen
Eva LaRue
Parice
Katherine Armstrong
Christie
Kristopher Logan
Scratch
Bill Moseley
Quinn
Megan Ward
Arren
Ralph Waite
Lathan Hooks
Jack McGee
Winston Wickett